Stories from Friday, November 13, 2020

A 24-year-old Poplar Bluff man was seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, on Highway 84 at Hayti. According to the report, Marquis D. Wiggins was operating a 2009 Nissan Armada eastbound when it struck the rear of a 2014 Kia Optima being operated by Alex J. Patterson, 36, of Hayti. After the impact, Wiggins’ SUV then allegedly crossed the center line and struck a 1997 Mack truck being driven westbound by Jeffery L. Burns, 26, of Kennett...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 52-year-old Wappapello man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 2:05 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, on Highway A, one mile west of U.S. 67. According to the report, Claude H. Gore was operating a 2012 Ford Focus westbound when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a highway sign, bridge embankment and driveway post...

City firefighters responded at 4:27 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, to assist emergency-medical-personnel with lifting a patient at 301 E. Neat St. _ City firefighters responded at 10:05 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, to the 1405 Iron Bridge Road residence owned by Kim Sandler...

Poplar Bluff Municipal Library trustees have named the new Kanell Boulevard branch library in honor of Dr. Gus T. Ridgel, a Poplar Bluff native who made history as the first African-American admitted to the Graduate School at the University of Missouri in 1950...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Cheryl Lynn Miller, 68, of Wappapello, Missouri passed away Nov. 11, 2020 in the Brent B. Tinnin Manor in Ellington, Missouri. She was born Sept. 19, 1952 in Pontiac, Michigan to Cecil Keller and Elsie Ray. On April 17, 1999 at Poplar Bluff, Missouri she was married to Terry Miller. He survives...

In Luke 18, Jesus told a story about two men who went to the temple to pray. One said a beautiful prayer, bragging about how good he was, how much he gave, and how he was better he was than everyone else. Although his prayer sounded impressive, the words were anything but beautiful to God...

God has promised eternal salvation to all men who will come to him through his son, Jesus Christ. Titus 1:2 and Acts 4:10-12. The saints at the Highland Drive Church of Christ can teach you God’s simple plan of salvation. You need not fear that we will teach you man-made creeds, doctrines or traditions...

Dale Edward Vincent, 57, entered Heaven unexpectedly after complications from the COVID-19 virus. Dale was born Feb. 14, 1963 to Harlan and Blanch Aline Hankins Vincent. Dale was a passionate deer hunter and enjoyed fishing. He loved being in the woods, horseback trail riding, four wheeling, and the Colorado Mountains. He never met a stranger and could easily make you laugh or scare you to death...

We proudly celebrated our freedoms on Nov. 3, as Americans flocked to the polls in huge numbers. Over 140 million votes were cast, a major endorsement of our orderly electoral process that remains the envy of the rest of the world. I am proud of our state and local election officials, who work so hard to instill the public’s trust in our system. ...

We’d like to commend the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library Board of Trustees for its recent selection of a name for the Kanell Boulevard location. It seems fitting that the new trail the library is blazing with the branch be named after a trailblazer. The Gus T. Ridgel Branch Library is named after a Poplar Bluff man who was the first African-American admitted to the Graduate School at the University of Missouri in 1950...

O’FALLON, Mo. — There are many things Poplar Bluff native Dennis Minner Jr. is known for, but one of them arguably is his love of St. Louis Blues hockey. “I’ve been a Blues fan since I was in college at SEMO in the mid-90s,” Minner, a 1991 graduate of Southern Missouri Christian School, said. ...

Nancy Carolyn (Harris) Dickens passed away Oct. 31, 2020 while visiting family in St. Louis. Nancy was born to the late Gene and Betty Harris March 3, 1949 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. She moved to Poplar Bluff with her family in 1959 where she completed her schooling including graduating from PBHS in 1967. She also attended Three Rivers Community College for two years...

Hariett Marie Richmond, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Nov. 12, 2020 at Westwood Hills Healthcare in Poplar Bluff. Marie was born Jan. 24, 1935 to the late Floyd Carpenter and Nora Laveta (Hamm) in Detroit, Michigan. She was married to John Wesley Roberts June 30, 1952. She later married Norman Richmond Jan. 15, 1972, in Carter County. They enjoyed 46 years of marriage before he preceded her in death March 11, 2018...

Evelyn Louise Haag, 102, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 at Westwood Hills Health & Rehabilitation. Evelyn was born April 23, 1918 to Alford and Edna Lynde in Louisville, Kansas. She married Harley Haag Oct. 6, 1937 in Poplar Bluff...

Elsie Bell Carter, 91, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. She was born in Doniphan, Missouri to the late Delbert Switzer and Nettie (Tillman) Switzer. She was a long time resident of Poplar Bluff and attended the Northside Church of the Nazarene...

Arnold L. Felton, 54, of the 1000 block of Nooney Street was arrested at 7:36 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, on Main Street on suspicion of resisting arrest, driving while revoked, no license plate and no insurance and a warrant for a parole violation. He was booked at the Butler County jail...

Phillip A. Bounds passed away Thursday, Nov. 5, 20920 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center from complications of COVID-19. Phil was a great man of faith. He loved the Lord, his family and his country. He loved blue grass music, golf, fly fishing, hunting, photography and good HOT coffee. He will be greatly missed by all...

City Council The Poplar Bluff City Council will meet at 6:45 p.m. Monday in the City Council Chambers, 301 S. Fifth St. for a public hearing to discuss the past performance by the city in carrying out the Community Development Block Grant for the Three Rivers College Industrial Park Simulation Lab project...

TROY, Mo. — A Neelyville man was sentenced to consecutive life sentences Friday afternoon after pleading guilty to the 2016 shooting deaths of two people whose bodies were found by firefighters inside a travel trailer. Nicholas L. Suiter pleaded guilty as charged to two Class A felonies of first-degree murder and was sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole, according to a court official...

Clinton Hicks Jr., 74, of Piedmont, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Visitation will be at noon, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont, which the funeral service at 2 p.m. in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial will follow at Forest Chapel Cemetery, Piedmont...

COVID-19 managed to stall several Poplar Bluff area church fall festivals and holiday bazaars this year, but one local group decided to think outside the box. Each year, St. Anne’s Society, a group of Sacred Heart Parish Council of Catholic Women, Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church’s Women’s Missionary Union, a trio of Methodist congregations including First United Methodist Church, Grace United Methodist Church and Brown Chapel AME and the Church of the Holy Cross draw crowds looking for unique treasures as well as their favorite holiday treats.. ...

A local man was in critical condition in a Tennessee hospital Friday after he was shot in the face during an apparent argument. At about 12:15 p.m., Butler County deputies were sent to a location in the 800 block of County Road 301 after Jessie Lacy “went to the door of his neighbor for help, saying he had been shot,” according to Chief Deputy Wes Popp...

With case numbers on the rise the question of where to get tested if you feel you have been exposed to COVID-19 can be a tricky one for some people. In Butler County, availability is not a problem, thanks to the Butler County Health Department. This month, you have three additional opportunities to get tested, according to administrator Emily Goodin...

It’s been almost a year since the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library’s Board of Trustees voted on the purchase of a building to be utilized as a branch and a lot has been completed, but there are more improvements on the horizon. The library has accepted a bid of $102,624 to start the third phase of a renovation project at the Kanell Boulevard branch...

A trio of Poplar Bluff softball players earned first-team all-conference honors after the Mules went 6-2 in the SEMO Conference this fall. Senior shortstop Audrey Rahlmann-Lack and juniors Emilee Cheek and Lauren Webb were named to the first team while juniors Ella Zgaynor and Breann Thresher, along with sophomore Clara Rahlmann were named to the second team...