Stories from Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Twin Rivers held their prom on Friday, April 2, at The Westwood Center in Poplar Bluff. Video Sponsored by J Blue Trucking

The Poplar Bluff High School Class of 1959 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, at Castello’s Restaurant. All class members, spouses and guests are invited to attend. Call 573-686-1019 or 573-718-5900 with questions.

New Day Ministry Feed and Seed will be held from 3-5 p.m. Sunday, April 18, at the church, 703 Franklin St., south side Poplar Bluff. Those attending are asked to use the side gray door. First come, first served and one pack will be give per household as long as supply lasts...

Steve Hogan, 60 of Campbell, passed away on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Steve, son of Delmar William and Dixie Lee Isbell Hogan, was born on Wednesday, December 28, 1960 in Kennett, Missouri. He was married to Cindy Faughn on June 1, 1984 in Campbell, Missouri...

Starting Friday all adults in Missouri will be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines. “The next tier, opens up to everybody at 18 and older for the Moderna (vaccine) and 16 and older for Pfizer,” Butler County Health Department Administrator Emily Goodin announced at the weekly briefing Wednesday...

Testing recipes is a tasty venture for extension homemakers across Missouri. Butler County members of the Missouri Association of Family and Community Education have put others’ ideas to the test for 20 years. Betty Schalk and Edna Crane are among the local group who periodically prepares and evaluates recipes for “Today’s Farmer” magazine, produced by MFA Incorporated...

Dunklin County election results were not available at presstime Tuesday. The following unofficial results were released by the Dunklin County Clerk’s Office. Dunklin County • CAMPBELL R-2 Board of Education (Two), 3-year term Tammy Clark ......................... 169 18.41%...

Cynthia Jackson (nee Brent), 83, passed away April 6, 2021, she died peacefully at home. She was born in Qulin, Missouri on January 21, 1938. Married to Roy Jackson on October 13, 1956. She is survived by her husband and six children, Sharon Mittrucker, Earl Jackson, Theresa Barry, Janet Jackson and Cindy Jackson, all residing in O’Fallon, Missouri and Scott Jackson from Poplar Bluff. She has 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren...

The Poplar Bluff Police Department will hold an official groundbreaking at 11:30 a.m. Friday for its new headquarters at 911 N. Shelby Road. The event will be attended by Poplar Bluff Police Department Chief Danny Whiteley and several other local and state leaders...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT City firefighters responded to an alarm at 11:46 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, to a reported bush fire at 1215 Grand Ave. According to the report, firefighters found the occupants had a small fire in their backyard but were in the process of extinguishing it. Robert Downs is the occupant...