Stories from Monday, October 16, 2023

Jerry Felker, 89, of Rector, Arkansas, died Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at Rector Nursing and Rehab in Rector.

Herman Prenzel passed peacefully at home surrounded by his family Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, he was 84. Mr. Prenzel was born Feb. 19, 1939, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to the late Chris Prenzel and Melda Davis Prenzel. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Alfred Prenzel...

EASTWOOD, Mo. — A 27-year-old Van Buren man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident Friday afternoon in Carter County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Dustin L. Dowdy of Van Buren was operating a 2005 Jeep Liberty eastbound at 12:40 p.m. on Highway F, two miles east of Eastwood, when one of the vehicle’s tires blew out, causing it to slide. The vehicle then ran off the right side of the road and overturned...

Neelyville R-IV School offered a day full of family activities and contests Saturday at Tiger Fest. Neelyville Superintendent Heather Black said Tiger Fest was started after the city’s Harvest Festival was canceled. “Anyone in the school can open a booth and we also open it up to the community as well,” she said...

“I’m a proud angel mama,” said McKenzie Stewart who on Sunday released a blue lantern lit in memory of her son, who was stillborn. Stewart participated in an event organized by Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center which recognized Oct. 15 as National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day...

A former Poplar Bluff businessman and minister surrendered himself Monday on allegations of sexual abuse occurring in late 2001 and early 2002. James Hoyt, 55, of Poplar Bluff surrendered himself at the Butler County Justice Center, was booked and subsequently released on bond...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 60-year-old woman sustained moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident at 12:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13, on Highway T, nine miles north of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, Lori A. Quinn, 60, of Wappapello was operating a 2015 Ford Fusion northbound when it ran off the right side of the road, struck a driveway and overturned...