Stories from Thursday, January 7, 2021

Two Ripley County residents were seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash at 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, on U.S. 160, one mile west of Fairdealing. According to the report, Kevin L. King, 33, of Doniphan was operating a 2012 Honda Civic eastbound when it ran off the road and struck a telephone box and tree before overturning...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election and announced there would be an "orderly transition" on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early Thursday certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory...

Though he only served one term in the Missouri House of Representatives for the 153rd District, Jeff Shawan is grateful for the opportunity and feels he made a positive difference for the people of the region. “Looking back, I am grateful. It’s an amazing privilege to represent 37,000 people … the people I love the most on this earth, and fight for them in Jefferson City,” Shawan said...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two Poplar Bluff men were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, on Business 60 at Highway NN. According to the report, Christopher N. Durbin, 41, of Poplar Bluff was operating a 2000 Chevorlet pickup northbound when it pulled into the path of a 2019 Chevrolet pickup being driven southbound by Mark S. Smith, 50, of Poplar Bluff...

City firefighters responded at 6:34 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel in gaining entry into the Brent Tinnin Apartments, 2049 Greenwood Drive. _ City firefighters responded at 5:04 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, to a leaf fire at Hendrickson Park on Davis Street...

A Poplar Bluff man will have an extradition hearing next week before a West Virginia judge after his arrest there in connection with a recent fatal home invasion. Stacy Andrew Gipson will appear before a judge in Kanawha County on Wednesday, according to Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kacey Proctor...

Rep. Hardy Billington (R-Poplar Bluff) is sworn in Jan. 6, for his second term representing the 152nd District.

GREENVILLE, Mo. — Shirley Mae Emerson, 86, of Silva, Missouri, passed away Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, at Clark’s Mountain Nursing Center. She was born in Belair, Louisiana, April 17, 1934, to parents Luther B. and Winnie E. (Sterling) Brown. Shirley was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend...

The Animal Welfare Alliance of Southeast Missouri (AWA) wants to buy the existing Hillcrest Animal Hospital on South Westwood Boulevard in Poplar Bluff and convert it into a regional no-kill animal shelter. AWA has announced this as what officers of the nonprofit are calling “the opportunity of a lifetime.”...

The gothic and quirky family who has entered the hearts of thousands is coming to the Kay Porter Theatre this weekend in the Poplar Bluff High School production of “The Addams Family Musical.”

Proudly wearing hats symbolizing their service with the United States military, Wilbur Allen, 92, and David Baker, 87, both of Poplar Bluff, walked into the lobby of the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center Thursday morning to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The VA staff asked each person a series of questions before approving them for the shot...