Stories from Wednesday, January 13, 2021

A 26-year-old Dexter man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, on U.S. 60, four miles east of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, Nicholas A. Becker was operating a 2016 Kia Soul westbound when he failed to yield, and his car struck the rear of a 2003 Freightliner being driven by Jimmy D. Calder, 69, of Poplar Bluff...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two Stoddard County teenagers were injured in a one-vehicle crash at 11 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the intersection of County Road 322 and County Road 623 in Bollinger County. According to the report, Jason M. Barrentine, 23, of Malden was operating a 2005 Pontiac Sunfire southbound when it ran off the road into a ditch...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A local man will soon be returned to Butler County where he faces charges in connection with a recent fatal home invasion. Stacy Andrew Gipson appeared Wednesday morning before a judge in Kanawha County, West Virginia, for a hearing and waived extradition back to Missouri, according to the Butler County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office...

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a lot of people trying to stay inside, the Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation Department’s winter youth basketball league saw a much higher than normal number of players signed up. Registration for the kindergarten through third grade boys and girls league lasted only a single week this year, said Recreation Supervisor Greg Riggs...

Jason Lee Parris, 45, of Harviell passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. He was born in Belleville, Illinois to Ruth (Rosamond) Parris and the late Joel Parris Sr. He was a longtime resident of Grandin, Missouri. He enjoyed bowling a few frames and fishing for the big one. His grandchildren were his pride and joy...

Several local propane professionals have been elected to serve as directors and officers of the Missouri Propane Education and Research Council (MOPERC). The Council recently installed its new leadership at the group’s winter meeting in Ridgedale. The slate was approved at the MOPERC fall meeting in Jefferson City and includes representatives from across the state who serve in various capacities...

BLOOMFIELD — Jess Coleman Sheehy, Jr., 88, of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Aug. 25, 1932 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to the late Jess Sheehy, Sr. and Jettie Freda (Miller.) He was a member of the United States Navy from 1952-1956 before receiving an honorable discharge...

The federal government is the biggest constraint Missourians face in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, but state officials who have been in contact with leaders in Washington D.C. believe change is on its way. Poplar Bluff native Robert Knodell, Gov. Mike Parson’s deputy chief of staff, joined the weekly Butler County COVID-19 briefing Wednesday...

The nursing programs at Three Rivers College have seen success over the last year.

The Neelyville R-IV School Board race is now contested with three candidates vying for two seats.

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Marvin Miller to the position of laboratory manager of the Saint Francis Medical Center Laboratory, effective Jan. 8. Miller began his career at Saint Francis Healthcare System in December of 1990, working as a phlebotomist while also attending Southeast Missouri State University. ...