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Sonia Griffin
(Obituary ~ 10/18/21)
Sonia Paulette Griffin, 77, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. She was born Nov. 6, 1943 to the late Carl and Clara (Johnson) Griffin of Butler County. She was born in Butler County and after a life abroad, returned in 2001. She was a retired lab tech. Sonia was an avid reader, regular shopper of the flea markets and enjoyed gardening and outdoor activities...
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Susan Elsworth
(Obituary ~ 10/18/21)
Susan Dawn Elsworth, 47, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. She was born in Poplar Bluff on July 8, 1974 to Rodney Smith and Kathy Garrison. She married Tim Elsworth on July 29, 1994 in Poplar Bluff to which four children were born. ...
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Carrol Sparkman
(Obituary ~ 10/18/21)
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, for Carrol Jean Sparkman at Sparkman Cemetery on County Road. 423. Brother Robert Edwards is in charge of the service.
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Aaron Parkin
(Obituary ~ 10/18/21)
Aaron Luke Christopher Parkin, 25, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away October 13, 2021. Aaron was born March 31, 1996, to Donald and Susan (Hawkins) Parkin in Poplar Bluff. Aaron enjoyed playing and watching sports. He enjoyed playing video games and watching the Star Wars Trilogies. Most of all he loved spending time playing with his kids...
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Mary Gladden
(Obituary ~ 10/18/21)
Mary Etta Gladden, 98, of Fairdealing, Missouri, passed away Oct. 15, 2021. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 at the Springhill Missionary Baptist Church, followed by a graveside service at 12 p.m. in the Spring Cemetery.
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‘Support Squad’ lifts up breast cancer warrior
(Local News ~ 10/18/21)
Michelle Carter, a teacher at First Baptist Church preschool who is battling breast cancer, was surprised Monday morning by her “support squad” of 130 students. An assembly of whispering preschoolers were shushed as they waited to surprise Carter. Each child’s gray and pink T-shirt proudly proclaimed “support squad.” Cellphones and cameras were at the ready for Carter to enter the room and be surprised...
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William Coon
(Obituary ~ 10/18/21)
William Truman Coon, of Silva, Missouri, passed from his earthly home Oct. 15, 2021 He was born July 5, 1935 in Panama City, Florida to his parents William W. Coon and Willie Beatrice Coon. Bill married the love of his life Mary Louise Bennett Jan. 10, 1959 in New Port Beach, California. Together they raised a son, Dennis Shaver (wife, Christine, of Piedmont) and two daughters, Jackie Waites of Silva and Julie Crocker and husband Don, of Silva...
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Man killed in weekend crash
(Local News ~ 10/18/21)
A 45-year-old Poplar Bluff man was killed Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of U.S. Highway 67 and Highway C, southwest of Poplar Bluff. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Clarence P. Sarabia, 45, of Poplar Bluff was operating a 2006 Ford Escape eastbound at 2:25 p.m. Saturday when it failed to yield and pulled into the path of a northbound 2019 Volvo tractor-trailer operated by Rashad S. Karim, 38, of Abilene, Texas...
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Council approves temporary raises
(Local News ~ 10/18/21)
Poplar Bluff city employees will get their first premium paycheck this Friday, after city council members approved a measure to use some COVID-relief money for temporary raises. The lump sum will represent a 3% pay increase for the months of Jan. 1 to June 30, said city manager Matt Winters, after the council voted Monday on the matter...
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Highway Patrol Reports - Oct. 18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/18/21)
A 42-year-old man sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident at 12:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, on Highway U, five miles west of Bernie. According to the report, Joseph L. Seiler, 42, of Sikeston was operating a 2018 Toyota Yaris eastbound when it tried to pass an eastbound 2016 GMC Sierra operated by Brian C. Levart, 39, of Dexter. Levart’s GMC then turned into the Toyota...
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