Stories from Thursday, June 29, 2023

Pennington Insurance took home the youth baseball title in Poplar Bluff Parks & Recreation’s Civic League earlier this week when they took down Poplar Bluff Monument 10-4 in the championship game.

When Denni White was approached by a student a while back about looking for more opportunities for the future, White didn’t hesitate.

The community of Poplar Bluff applauds the recent upgrade at the Black River Coliseum. Earlier this year, Parks and Recreation and the city of Poplar Bluff collaborated on a vision to install basketball courts inside the coliseum to expand more opportunities for the youth.

In less than two months, Friday Night Lights will be back across the region as high school football will be kicking off.

Some may remember in 2017 the albeit funny-looking covers on the helmets of NFL players but it was keeping them safer and for Doniphan first-year head coach Jameson Allen, that’s always the ultimate goal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies. In a 6-3 decision, the court overturned admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively. The two programs violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a conservative majority. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent that the decision “rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.”

Curtis Lee Rush, 77 years old, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Saturday, June 24, 2023.  Curtis was born Dec. 3, 1946 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He was the fourth of 11 children born to Cecil and Mary Irene Rush.  Curtis attended Corning High School in Corning, Arkansas. After graduating in 1965, he was drafted into the U.S. Army a year later. Curtis was a demolition and explosives specialist while serving in the Vietnam War. ...

The Junior Order of Eagles is sponsoring a food give away from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday at the Bluff City Eagles Bingo Hall, 1400 S. Broadway. The group has purchased a food truck from the SEMO Area Food Bank in Sikeston with enough food to feed 200 families. Each family will be limited to one box and those attending are asked to bring a box, bag or basket to hold the food, said Chris Vanlear, JOE sponsor...

Adalynn Williams, a young girl from Broseley, is continuing her passion for helping others. For the third year, Williams has organized a shoe drive called L.O.L with Addie, or “live out love.” Items collected will be given away in August to students in need...

Rosemary Ann Doyle was born July 31, 1941 to N.B. and Bessie Santhuff near the town of Ellington, Missouri in the Ozark hills that she loved. Her father was a cattle farmer, timber worker, carpenter, and a jack of all trades. Her mother was a housewife and an excellent grade-school teacher both in small country schools and the consolidated school at Ellington. Rosemary had one brother younger, Charley, and they roamed the hills near their home...

Louetta Geneva Irby, 62, of Qulin, Missouri, died Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

Missouri’s population of black bears definitely prefer the hills and forests that predominate in the southern part of the state, said Clarissa Lee, the Missouri Department of Conservation agent for Butler County. “They definitely seem to stick to the hills,” Lee said. ...

Dale Gilbert Fish went home to be with his Lord and Savior June 27, 2023. He was born May 5, 1947 to Earl and Electa Fish near Zalma, Missouri. He lived in several locations throughout his childhood, but called Zalma home for most of his life. He surrendered to preach as a young man and was called as interim pastor of his home church, Zalma Missionary Baptist Church. ...

The Juice Cafe celebrated its grand opening under new ownership Thursday, June 29. Tyler Spanos alongside his manager Ian Urich celebrated the ribbon cutting with the Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce. The cafe serves a menu focused on healthy, non-processed food options, offering a variety of nutritious smoothies, juice blends, wraps and more...

William Arthur Norman, 73, of Qulin, Missouri, passed away Monday, June 5, 2023 at his residence, in Qulin. Mr. Norman was born Aug. 22, 1949, Bragg City, Missouri, son of the late Lenard Norman and Ollie Norman. He was a retired mechanic that enjoyed fishing, hunting, fixing things and carving wood...

Poplar Bluff Police Nicole Price reported at 8:06 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, someone stole a box with tattoo equipment from her vehicle while it was parked at Savage Ink Tattoo Shop at 1934 South Broadway. _ Joseph Nichols, 40, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 8:38 a.m. ...

Poplar Bluff Police Braden Steger, of Poplar Bluff, reported at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday, June 28, that his ex-girlfriend harassed him when he arrived to work at Walmart Neighborhood Market. _ Repolia Robinson, 25, of Poplar Bluff, was arrested at 11:13 a.m. Wednesday, June 28, at a residence in the 600 block of Cynthia Street. Robinson was booked in on a charge of trespassing, and he was lodged in the Butler County jail...