Stories from Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Riverways Federal Credit Union, a not-for-profit financial cooperative serving 27 counties in south central Missouri, has announced the acquisition of Vaughan Insurance LLC to offer credit union members access to a full line of insurance services. The new company, Riverways Insurance Services LLC, will continue to be under...

Robert Lamont Wallace Jr., 50, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri departed this life on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 at St. Francis Medical Center. Robert Wallace Jr. was born Jan. 24, 1971, to Robert Sr. and Olivia Wallace. Lamont enjoyed hunting, camping, fishing, dancing and spending time with his family. Lamont accepted Christ at an early age and was a member of Mt. Sinai Church in Poplar Bluff...

George Alvin Howell, 81, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

FISK, Mo. — Carolyn Sue Starkey, 76, of Kennett, Missouri, formerly of Wappapello, Missouri, died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022 at St. Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Mrs. Starkey was born Oct. 24, 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri, daughter of the late Dosey and Nellie Lou Harper...

If things go as Poplar Bluff officials hope, residents of the city and surrounding areas may have a new place to fish in the future. On the drawing board is a potential fishing pond, to be constructed in what is expected to be called the Pike Creek Park. It would be located in the low, wetland area of the city’s new property between Roxie Road, Shelby Road and Kanell Boulevard, and adjacent to the under-construction police department...

Poplar Bluff companies have been awarded $16 million in state contracts for paving, sidewalk, bridge and other work across the region. The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded contracts for Southeast District projects during its regular meeting on Jan. 5...

Lucas Edington, broker/owner of Mossy Oak Properties Mozark Realty, has announced Zach Bacon as the Top Lister and Producer for the month of December. Bacon was raised in Bloomfield and as a resident of Southeast Missouri, dedicates much of his time to community endeavors. Bacon moved to Poplar Bluff to play baseball at Three Rivers College, where he met his wife, Alecia. They have been married since 2012...

MEXICO, Mo. — The Bank of Missouri is pleased to welcome Steve Hobbs as a new member of the bank’s Central Region Advisory Board. Bank of Missouri advisory board members play a valuable role in the bank’s success. They serve as ambassadors in communities, advise regional bank leadership on opportunities and generally assist in connecting the bank with valuable events and relationships...

Family nurse practitioner, board certified and oncology certified nurse, Jessica McCain, has joined the medical staff of Regional Physician Services. McCain will be accepting new patients at the Danny Bell Cancer Center at 2620 N. Westwood Blvd. Her areas of expertise include cancer treatment and blood disorders...

GREENVILLE, Mo. — Natalie Skaggs, 86, of Clubb, Missouri, died Monday, Jan. 10, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 12, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville Chapel. Funeral service will be held at noon Thursday, Jan. 13, also in the Greenville Chapel. Burial will be in Richmann Cemetery, Shook...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Philip Dunn reported at 9:54 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, that he left his 1993 Chevrolet at a residence in the 5100 block of Highway 142 to be worked on and it was stolen by an unknown person. _ Aaron P. Allen, 29, of Doniphan was booked Monday, Jan. 10, at the Butler County jail on a warrant for leaving the scene of an accident...

Logan Green and Erica Johnson have been named as the first place, local winners of the second annual “What Home Means to Me” poster contest from the Poplar Bluff Housing Authority. “Green became very excited when he realized his poster is the cover of the 2022 housing calendar,” office manager Tammy Harper said...

The annual Valentines for Veterans concert returns to the Black River Coliseum 5 p.m., Feb. 11, after a hiatus due to COVID-19. The event will be a little different this year, hosted solely by the Wake Foundation. It is not done in connection with the Veteran’s Administration, as it was in previous years...

The Stage Company is excited to present “The Good Doctor,” directed by Megan Lebron. “The Good Doctor” brings audiences into the world of an eccentric Russian author, played by Nick McDaniel, and his off-the-wall short stories. The sketches include the tale of a disastrous sneeze, a sneaky womanizer who gets beaten at his own game and a new doctor’s first tooth extraction...