Stories from Thursday, April 22, 2021

Robin Lynn Endres, 63, of Poplar Bluff passed away Thursday, December 24, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Robin was born in 1957 to Alfred and Arjamond Cummins in Poplar Bluff. Robin was a dedicated Registered Nurse of thirty-nine years. ...

Leslee Jo Rudd, 59 of Qulin, Missouri passed away at her home, Saturday, April 17, 2021. She was born May 10, 1961 in Saline County, Missouri to Amos (Bud) Lashley and Emma Rose Balding. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, watching T.V. and playing on her phone...

We are familiar with the manna the children of Israel were fed in the wilderness. The people needed food and God provided. In the region where they were, there is a secretion from trees which, when strained and cooked, is sweet, similar to honey.  The manna which God sent was like coriander seeds. The people would grind it and make it into bread. The manna was on the ground after the dew left. The people were to gather enough for that day only, except on Friday they were to gather enough to supply them through Saturday. God did not send manna on the Sabbath. If extra was gathered the other days of the week, it did not keep.. ...

The doors of the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Poplar Bluff may have been closed since April 2020 because of COVID, but the members’ faith has remained strong. They are planning to give back to the community from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, May 1. While the historic church is located at 417 Oak St., the giveaway will be at the church’s pavilion on Valley and Benton streets...

Children across the region will have something fun to do Saturday when the Three Rivers Shrine Club hosts its inaugural Kids Day event. The event, said club past president Bobby Wicker, will run from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, will be free of charge and will occur rain or shine...

Twice a year residents are reminded to check fire alarm batteries to make sure they’re fresh so that lives can be saved during a fire. There is another fire burning through the country and twice a year officials also say residents have a part to play in containing it by doing something as simple as checking the medicine cabinet...

Rita Blitt will be the featured artist at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum in May. “She was famous for some of her artwork, and she was very well known in the New York City dance scene,” said museum director Steve Whitworth. Blitt, who has a studio in Kansas City and lives in California, is winding down her career and offered some of her artwork to the Margaret Harwell Art Museum...