Stories from Monday, April 24, 2023

Glen Elledge, 84, of Wappapello, Missouri, died Saturday, April 22, 2023, at his residence in Wappapello. Mr. Elledge was born Aug. 11, 1938, in Wappapello, son of the late Estel Clemo and Fannie Evelyne Elledge. He was a 32nd degree mason and a member of Potosi Masonic Lodge #131. Mr. Elledge formerly had owned Glen’s Place at Wappapello, Glen Elledge Trucking and G & S Cattle and most recently was a rural mail carrier at Wappapello...

Oran R. Shearrer, 97, of Patterson, died Friday, April 21, at his residence. Visitation is at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 25, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service is at 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 26, also in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial following in Rowland-Woods Cemetery, Patterson, with full military honors...

Teresa F. Rushing, daughter of the late Eugene and Oleta (Fletcher) Harrison, was born Feb.16, 1956, in Dexter, Missouri. She departed this life on April 21, 2023 at the age of 67. Teresa worked as a Certified Activity Director at Beverly Enterprise Nursing Home in Dexter. She also worked at Dave’s Food Center in Fisk, Missouri. She enjoyed her family, was an avid vegetable gardener and a true blue avid Chicago White Sox fan...

Area first responders will receive approximately $80,000 in grant money from the Missouri Department of Public Safety for new equipment, supplies and training. The Poplar Bluff Fire Department will receive nearly $16,500 of that to provide for new turnout gear...

Barbara (Lanier) Livonia, our beloved mother, laid down her cross in exchange for her crown on April 22, 2023, after 81 years of life. Barbara is known for her sweet, beautiful smile and kind, hearted spirit. She was gifted in art and shared her special vision of the world through her paintings. Barbara loved people from all walks of life and loved to travel and explore creation...

It was an unusually chilly weekend at Piedmont during Close Encounters of the Piedmont Kind last weekend, but the Spring Valley Resorts and Beaver Springs campgrounds were full. “There was a steady stream of campers coming into town all day Friday, ” said Chamber of Commerce Director Sara Phillips. “And Main Street was fuller than its ever been for the nighttime parade.”...

For Mike Shane, the look of surprise on his face during the awards ceremony presented by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was genuine. The surprised look on Shane’s face was because the Sunday afternoon awards ceremony at the Poplar Bluff Museum was kept a secret from Shane until he arrived...

Butler County sheriff Michael Vincent Knight of Dexter was booked at the Butler County jail at 9:37 a.m. Monday, April 24, on a writ of habeas corpus with no bond. _ Byron Shane Reagan, of Poplar Bluff, was booked at the Butler County jail at 12:15 p.m. Monday, April 24, for parole/probation violation with no bond...