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Poplar Bluff schools approve employments, retirements, resignations
(Local News ~ 01/24/22)
The Poplar Bluff R-I Board of Education met in closed session Jan. 20. Personnel items, including retirements, hirings and resignations were approved. • The board approved certified personnel retirements-resignation: Retirements, (effective the end of the 2021-2022 school year unless otherwise noted): Mary Barousse, teacher at kindergarten center; Angela Bost, special education teacher at O’Neal Elementary; Deanne Faraone, teacher at middle school; Jacqueline Gilberto, teacher at Eugene Field Elementary; Pamela Heaton, teacher at Eugene Field Elementary; and Freida McKlintic, IEP Facilitator at high school.. ...
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Von Ray Van Kirk
(Obituary ~ 01/24/22)
Von Ray Van Kirk, 74, of High Ridge, Missouri, passed away on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Ray was born in Poplar Bluff to Cilbert Lee and Agnes Van Kirk. Ray served honorably in the Army in Vietnam and at Fort Riley Kansas. He married Patricia Sue Randal on June 12, 1970...
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Man killed in crash south of Piedmont
(Local News ~ 01/24/22)
PIEDMONT — A 25-year-old man was killed in a one vehicle accident early Saturday morning in Wayne County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Grant H. Bell, 25, of Patterson was operating a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado at 5 a.m. Saturday northbound on Highway 34, four miles south of Piedmont, when it ran off the right side of the road and overcorrected. Bell’s truck then ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree, ejecting Bell from the truck...
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Delane Holloway
(Obituary ~ 01/24/22)
FISK, Mo. — Delane Holloway, 89, of Fisk, Missouri, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Mr. Holloway was born March 11, 1932 to the late Jacob and Alma Holloway. He was formerly a U.S. Navy Corpsman stationed on the USS Stephen Potter and saw action off the coast of Korea. ...
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Beverly Miller
(Obituary ~ 01/24/22)
FISK, Mo. — Beverly Lou Miller, 91, of Broseley, Missouri, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 at her residence in Broseley. Mrs. Miller was born Aug. 28, 1930 in Gideon, Missouri to the late James and Nesa Lou Kern. Beverly loved the Lord and she was a member of Elk General Baptist Church for many years. ...
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Virginia Six
(Obituary ~ 01/24/22)
Virginia Ruth “Ruthie” Six, 75, of Broseley, Missouri, went to be with Jesus on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. Ruth was born on June 15, 1946, to Thomas Coy and Naomie Opal (Jones) Six in Stark City, Missouri. Throughout her life, Ruth was a ball of energy and was charismatic. ...
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Grant Bell
(Obituary ~ 01/24/22)
PIEDMONT, Mo. — Grant Bell, 25, of Patterson, died Saturday, Jan. 22, in Piedmont. Visitation is at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at Trinity United Methodist Church, Piedmont. Funeral service will follow at 2 p.m., also at Trinity United Methodist Church...
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Police, fire reports -- Jan. 24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/24/22)
POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Tashanda S. Fairley, 45, of the 400 block of North G Street was arrested at 2:55 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, at the Walmart Supercenter on suspicion of second-degree burglary. She was booked at the Butler County jail. _ Tsaani E. Ford, 21, of Ellsinore was arrested at 2:24 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, on a Carter County warrant for speeding. Ford was booked at the Butler County jail...
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Family who lost mother, home in fire seeks help
(Local News ~ 01/24/22)
A Wappapello family that lost everything in a fire, including assistive equipment for a wheelchair-bound teenager, is asking for the community’s help to rebuild. Hannah Dellinger has posted a plea to GoFundMe to help her uncle and his son, Jayden, recover from a fire Jan. 17 that claimed the life of Jayden’s mother...
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Howell, Hite win conference wrestling title as Mules finish 4th in standings
(High School Sports ~ 01/24/22)
Desmond Howell and Logan Hite ended up atop the podium Saturday night as the Poplar Bluff wrestlers won conference titles on their home mat. “It kind of made me more nervous, but it’s nice to win in front of the home crowd with my friends here,” said Howell, who won the 220-pound division at the SEMO Conference Championships...
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Rowland, Freeman win conference wrestling title as PB girls finish 3rd in SEMO
(High School Sports ~ 01/24/22)
Alexis Rowland got an elusive conference championship in her last shot while Poplar Bluff freshman Zoe Freeman won her first title Saturday. The Mules finished third as a team, 10 points behind Sikeston, after placing eighth last year as the defending champions...
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