Stories from Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Margaret Jane McLean Henthorne entered into Heavenly Rest on Aug. 9, 2021, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., at the age of 97 years. Born to John James McLean and Sarah Jane Decker McLean on Nov. 22, 1923 in Blytheville, Ark., she was married on May 29, 1953, in Piggott, AR., to William Ralph Henthorne who preceded her in death January 22, 2002...

Firefighters responded to a call of a motor-vehicle accident at 8:24 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, at the intersection of South 13th Street and Dixon. There were no injuries and firefighters stayed on the scene until the vehicle was removed. _ Firefighters responded at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, to a call of a semi tractor on fire at Kanell Boulevard and Westwood Boulevard. They checked a large section of the highway and found nothing...

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Theresa Jane Wooldridge, 73-year-old resident of Fairdealing, Missouri, departed this life Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. She was born Aug. 31, 1947, in St. Louis, Missouri to the late Rev. Fendel and Dorothy Mae (Crockett) Hall...

Former Three Rivers Community College President Dr. Stephen Milton Poort, 81, of Germantown, Tennessee passed to his eternal home July 14, 2021. Dr. Poort was born in Topeka, Kansas Sept. 16, 1939 to Milton and Edith Poort. He was active in Boy Scouts and earned Eagle rank in 1954. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — As wildfires across the West continue to rage, coupled with flooding and tropical storms impacting parts of the Midwest and East Coast, the American Red Cross is providing support from coast to coast. For weeks now, dedicated American Red Cross workers, including those from Southeast Missouri, have been providing critical aid to those impacted, from safe shelter and nourishing meals to comfort and care for individuals processing the wrath of these disasters...

Increased federal grants and the work of staff to control expenses helped offset a challenging 2020-2021 budget year, and the current fiscal year is already off to a positive start, according to Three Rivers College administrators. The information was presented Wednesday at a Three Rivers College Board of Trustees meeting...

In a bid to return to the city’s historic roots, the Poplar Bluff R-I School District on Wednesday finalized the purchase of the former US Bank branch building at 200 S. Main St. in downtown Poplar Bluff. “I think there’s so much potential here, and I really hope the gravity and the resources of the school district (being) present plants a flag that says downtown isn’t going anywhere,” said Dr. Scott Dill, R-I superintendent, after Wednesday’s closure on the property...

One of the most highly-anticipated hunting seasons of the year opens next week in Missouri. Dove hunting is so popular, at least for the first couple days, that hunters flock to the area from other regions of the state. The Bootheel region gets the bulk of the hunting pressure for doves, but even the northern reaches of Butler and Stoddard counties can produce good numbers of birds...

Temporary locations in Scott and Butler counties will be operating by the weekend to infuse diagnosed COVID-19 sufferers with monoclonal antibodies (MAB) in a state-funded attempt to try to keep the afflicted out of hospitals. "(The state) is working with a contractor that does these (infusions) all across the country," Jane Wernsman, director of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center said Monday. ...

DEXTER — Five Dexter residents were arrested after a pair of search warrants allegedly turned up methamphetamine, pills and drug paraphernalia Tuesday. Donald L. Morris, 68, is charged with the Class C felony of delivery of a controlled substance and the Class D felony of possession of a controlled substance, while Donald Vaughn, 63, is charged with the Class D felony of possession of a controlled substance...