Stories from Thursday, May 6, 2021

ELLINGTON — A 70-year-old man suffered serious injuries in a one-vehicle accident at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, on Highway HH, 10 miles south of Ellington. According to the report, Michael H. Hatcher, 70, of Bunker was operating a 1993 Mack log truck westbound on Highway HH when he traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned...

Budding artists will have several opportunities over the coming months to grow their skills through art education classes at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum. “I’m so excited. An important mission of the Margaret Harwell Art Museum is art education, and we have some of the finest instruction you’ll find in the country right here,” said museum director Steve Whitworth...

For Neelyville Elementary educator LaMonica Moore, a love of teaching started when she was 15-years-old and teaching Sunday school. However, that love developed more in college when she observed a class. “There was a little boy and I pulled him to the back to try and help him,” she said. “I noticed he struggled and needed a lot of help. Working with that little boy, I changed my major to a double major. So I graduated with (degrees) in elementary ed and special ed.”...

A ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday to unveil a monument honoring the lives more than 80 people killed in a May 9, 1927, tornado that devastated downtown Poplar Bluff. The monument is located on the property of the MO-ARK Regional Railroad Museum...

KENNETT — Kennett and Dunklin County law enforcement officials are looking for a Kennett man presumed to be on the run after he was charged in the death of another man Thursday. Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas Jain announced that Jimmy L. Gooden Jr., 51, was charged with the class A felony of murder in the second degree, the unclassified felony of armed criminal action and the class D felony of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death...

Betty Joyce Shaw, 71, of Fisk, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2021. She was born on June 16, 1949 in Poplar Bluff to the late John and Mable Lee (Ward) LaBrier. She was of the Baptist faith. She married the love of her life, Don Shaw, January 6, 1968 in Bertrand, Missouri. She took good care of her home and family. Later in life, she shared the road with her OTR truck driver husband...

The city of Poplar Bluff has been awarded more than $750,000 in grants to complete stormwater projects and provide a backup generator for the new Poplar Bluff Police Department...

Delilah Cravens, 88, of Piedmont, died Tuesday, May 4, at her residence. Visitation is at 5 p.m. Friday, May 7 at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service is at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 8, at Faith Family Worship, Piedmont. Burial following in Masonic cemetery...

Carl Bilbrey 84, of Piedmont, died Wednesday, May 5, at his residence. Visitation is at 11:30 a.m., Friday, May 7, at Duncan Cemetery. Graveside service following at 1 p.m. at Duncan Cemetery. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhomes.com

A Fisk woman died Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash which occurred around 6:30 a.m. on Route B east of Poplar Bluff. Amanda LeGrand, 54, was driving a 2004 Dodge Durango northbound when she pulled into the path of a westbound 2000 Freightliner driven by Kyle Oberkramer, 30, of Broseley...

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, at the intersection of highways U and H, five miles west of Bernie. According to the report, Joshua A. Taylor, 29, of Kansas City, Kansas, was operating a 2019 Dodge Avenger northbound on Highway U. Taylor failed to yield to a 2013 Dodge Avenger operated by Dustin C. Reed, 27, of Mesquite, Texas, that was westbound on Highway U, and both vehicles collided in the intersection...