Stories from Thursday, May 25, 2023

A Puxico veteran is being honored for going beyond the call of duty to serve his community. Duane Martin has been recognized by the Veterans of Foreign Wars #StillServing campaign for his dedication to country and community. The campaign highlights veterans who continue to serve in their communities after the military...

Nine Neelyville students won regional and national awards in the Junior American Citizens contest, presented by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution The Poplar Bluff Chapter NSDAR announced Neelyvill’es JAC contest winners. There were three national winners and six division winners, all of whom were honored at the Neelyville High School awards assembly on May 11...

Members of the Poplar Bluff Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will spend Memorial Day collecting funds to recognize veterans. The group has organized Poplar Bluff’s first participation in the annual Wreaths Across America project...

Norma “Jean” (Barker) Chatman, 82, of Winter Haven, Florida, went to her eternal home in Heaven on May 19, 2023. Born on May 21, 1940 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Arley and Artie May (Brayton) Barker, Jean was the seventh of 10 children. She accepted the Lord Jesus at age 9 at the First Church of God Poplar Bluff, Missouri. On her 20th birthday in 1960, she married the love of her life, Charles Everett Chatman. They served together and loved each other faithfully until his passing in 2021...

Karen Fay Nordwick, 75, of Van Buren, Missouri died Monday, May 22, 2023 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

Richard Farris, 80, of Ellsinore, Missouri, died Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at home.

The top graduates of Poplar Bluff High School’s Class of 2023 are valedictorian Emmalein Pendley and salutatorian Jack Scott. Both of them reminisced on the last four years and expressed their hopes for the future during PBHS’ graduation ceremony on Thursday...

When Jillianne Freeman opened an email on her phone one day during classes at Poplar Bluff High School, the 2023 senior expected a scholarship refusal from the first 15 colleges and universities to which she had applied. She didn’t expect to learn she had been awarded a $400,000 full-ride scholarship to one of her top pick schools, Washington University of St. Louis...

Poplar Bluff Police Trey Wooten reported at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, a vehicle left the scene of a three-car accident on Kanell Boulevard. _ Clayton Fischer, 28, of Poplar Bluff, was arrested at 2:18 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, in the parking lot at Munch-N-Pump at 900 W. Pine St. Fischer was booked in on a Poplar Bluff municipal warrant for failure to appear on a traffic offense, $250 bond. Fischer was unable to post bond and he was released on his own recognizance...