Stories from Thursday, October 14, 2021

Raymond Lee Burchett, 90, of Malden died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

NEELYVILLE — Richard Ray Winder, 78, of Harviell, Missouri, passed away Oct. 13, 2021, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was born, Oct. 1, 1943 at Poplar Bluff to the late Lyman Winder and Virgie “Stock” Winder. On April 17, 1970, he was married to Margie Dollins at Poplar Bluff. She preceded him in death on April 4, 2001...

Mary Ann Brown, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Oct. 12, 2021, in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 31, 1938, at Canton, Illinois to the late Harry Earl Flynn and Gladys Jean “Conrad” Flynn. She was married to Lyle Kenneth Brown at Lewiston, Illinois. He preceded her in death on April 6, 1995...

A Fairdealing woman will serve two concurrent five-year sentences in the Missouri Department of Corrections after her guilty plea Tuesday for her role in the July 2019 death of a Doniphan man. Accompanied by her attorney, Matt Edmundson, Schylar Alexis Tubbs withdrew her previous not guilty plea and pleaded guilty as charged to the Class B felony of first-degree kidnapping and the Class C felony of first-degree involuntary manslaughter before 36th Circuit Presiding Judge Michael Pritchett...

Coy Rahlmann grew up loving rodeo, and after years of hard work, he will find himself on the sport’s biggest stage Dec. 2-11 when he competes in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. “It’s a dream come true. That is the World Series of rodeo pretty much,” said Rahlmann, who will compete with partner Douglas Rich in the team roping competition...

A poster seeking help for a 27-year-old Poplar Bluff husband and father fighting leukemia became a message from God to one area man. John Penaflor feels God directed him to help Zach Dobbs, 27, his wife Kayla and their baby. Dobbs’ father, Michael Dobbs of Little Rock, Arkansas, presently is at St. Louis University Medical Center where his son was transferred Sunday by Air Evac Lifeteam to the intensive care unit. The younger Dobbs was diagnosed July 22 with acute myeloid leukemia...

The ongoing supply chain and labor shortages affect industries, grocery stores, school lunches. Two providers serving Butler County are adapting. Poplar Bluff The Poplar Bluff school district is served by Chartwells K-12, a division of Compass Group North America. Food services director Dixie Harden said Poplar Bluff has been able to provide for children by changing their menus and making substitutions amid fluctuating supply...

A Poplar Bluff man was found guilty in a Butler County courtroom Thursday on charges of first-degree statutory rape, first-degree statutory sodomy and incest. Thomas Woodham was found guilty on all three counts after just 30 minutes of deliberation by a 10 woman, two-man jury...