Stories from Tuesday, July 25, 2023

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT An employee at Dollar General at 903 Highway 53 reported at 9 a.m. Monday, July 24, someone broke into the cooler in front of the store and stole bagged ice. A vehicle was impounded and towed at 3:02 p.m. Monday, July 24, during the investigation of an accident on East Pine Street after it was determined it was not insured. The driver, Jill Looney, 53, of Van Buren, was released at the scene with traffic citations...

Charles Morris Jr., 69, died Friday, July 21, 2023, at his home in Fairfax. Visitation is at 5 p.m., Thursday, July 27, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service is at 1 p.m., Friday, July 28, also in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial is in Rowland-Woods Cemetery, Patterson...

Poplar Bluff Fire Department Battalion Chief Roy Lane will be honored from 2-4 p.m. Friday at the Black River Coliseum. Everyone is invited to attend the celebration. Lane has been part of the Poplar Bluff Fire Department since 2002. After graduating from Poplar Bluff High School, he joined the U.S. Navy. He served during Desert Storm and Desert Shield on a landing support amphibious ship, which enabled more than 300 marines to go on shore where there were no docks or piers...

Missouri Highlands Health Care hosted a Lunch and Learn Prevention Summit on Monday to inform the community about the reality of several public health issues and what they can do to help prevent them and reduce their impacts. Representatives from five community health organizations met from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Westwood Center Ballroom in Poplar Bluff with practical strategies to address a range of issues that affect families throughout the area...

WAYNE COUNTY — The public is invited to honor the newest inductees into the Wayne County Hall of Honor at a banquet Aug. 24. The 2023 Hall of Honor class represents 267 years of local history. The Wayne County Historical Society will honor 12 worthy Wayne County individuals or couples that have been elected to receive induction into the Wayne County Hall of Honor. ...

Nestled in the heart of Broseley, the Broseley Senior and Community Center has become a regular gathering place for locals, reportedly serving over 250 people on catfish Fridays and also offering meals throughout the week. Director Carol Brotherton said to address one of the center’s long-standing needs of additional parking space, the center is currently in the process of purchasing a 6.25-acre property adjacent to the building...

Linda Lou Davidson, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Monday, July 24, 2023, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.  Linda was born May 21, 1940, to Percy and Eva (VanMater) Bailey in Bloomfield, Missouri. She married David Davidson April 27, 2002...

A Corning, Arkansas, man is in an Arkansas jail awaiting extradition on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident in Poplar Bluff, where a 13-year-old juvenile was injured and later transferred to a St. Louis hospital. Larry Allsbrooks, 39, of Corning was arrested after the Corning Police Department received a tip on Sunday from a male subject, who arrived at the the station with information pertaining to the incident, said Poplar Bluff Police Lt. ...