Stories from Monday, January 10, 2022

Patricia A. Henderson, 81, formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 at the Clark’s Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. She was born June 25, 1940 in Lawrence County, Missouri, the daughter of Vernon Dippell and Lula May (Hudson) Dippell. Patricia was a LPN and had worked at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of Twin Oaks Baptist Church. Patricia was married to Robert Henderson and he passed away March 17, 2017...

GREENVILLE — Dakota Renee Friley and Bryna Marie Payne have been named December 2021 students of the month for Greenville High School. Dakota is the daughter of Roger and Angela Cravens of Lodi, Missouri. Bryna is the daughter of Cory and Dona Payne of Greenville...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT Firefighters responded at 6:22 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, to a report of smoke in an apartment at 505 Oak St. It was determined an occupant was cooking and boiled food over onto a burner, creating the smoke. Firefighters used a positive pressure ventilation fan to remove the smoke from the apartment...

Robert Gene Scott, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Robert was born Jan. 16, 1938 the son of Charley and Ruby (Kearbey) Scott. On June 5, 1961, he married Gladys Charline (Dorris) Scott in Poplar Bluff, together they shared over 60 years of marriage...

Charles Stewart FISK, Mo. — Charles “Chuck” Stewart, 49, of Wappapello, Missouri, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 at St. Bernard’s Medical Center, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Mr. Stewart was born Aug. 10, 1972 in Poplar Bluff. He was a farmer, an avid fisherman and hunter. He was president of Heartland Gobblers NWTF Chapter and a member of the Mingo Tractor Club...

Wanda D. Casey Rickman, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 in Poplar Bluff.

William (Bill) Madison Childers, 82, of Bernie, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 at his residence in Bernie.

A Poplar Bluff man is in jail on arson charges after he allegedly tried to burn down his estranged wife’s home, and then returned to the property while law enforcement responded to the fire. Tommy L. Rouse Sr., 44, of the 600 block of Carolyn Drive, is charged with the Class B felony of first-degree arson in relation to a fire that took place Friday on Wallace Street...

AG Connect, an event connecting farmers back to their roots, will be Jan. 21-22 in the Black River Coliseum in Poplar Bluff. The event was formerly called the Heartland Agriculture and Natural Resources Expo and has been held annually for 34 years. When COVID-19 challenges stalled the 2021 AG Expo, organizers and farmers began rethinking the 2022 event, and they wanted to return to its agricultural roots...

A former Poplar Bluff resident will have a hand in helping the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope find new galaxies. Launched two weeks ago, Webb is outfitted with the largest and most sensitive mirror ever put into space. Isaac Laseter is currently a graduate student with the University of Wisconsin and a year ago had an opportunity to join the team working on the Near Infrared Spectrograph, one of four main instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope. ...