Stories from Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Southeast Missouri is feeling the impact of the independent truckers’ strike, and four regional plants are laying off workers due to shortages. Area truckers, driven by high operating costs, joined the nationwide protest last week, seeking federal intervention to lower diesel prices or improve freight rates...

Desma R. Reno has been named this year’s Three Rivers College Alumni Star. She will be honored at the Alumni Reunion festivities on Feb. 24, including a reception that day. “We are excited to honor Desma as this year’s Alumni Star,” said Michelle Reynolds, Director of Development at TRC. “She has strong roots in the Poplar Bluff area and is well-respected in the entire Southeast Missouri region for her contributions to nursing education.”...

Smoke poured from ventilation notches cut in the roof on 1034 Ash St. It was 11 a.m. and the Poplar Bluff Fire Department began its controlled burn of the house. By noon, the derelict structure was reduced to a smoldering pile of rubble on its concrete block foundation. A superfluous sign in the yard reading, “Protected by Midwest Security,” fluttered helplessly in the breeze...

Although he faces two counts of second degree murder and one count of robbery first degree, Anthony Whitehorn has received a bond reduction to $100,000. Whitehorn received the bond reduction on Thursday, when he was scheduled for a preliminary hearing. The date for the hearing was rescheduled...

FAYETTE, Mo. — The office of Central Methodist University Provost Rita Gulstad announced recently the students included on the Fall 2023 Dean’s List. More than 850 students across all campuses and online learning met the requirements for placement, including a grade point average of 3.50 or higher for the semester...

Pictured are Greenville Junior High January Students of the Month, (from left) seventh-grader Ava Yount, Principal Nathan Walk and eighth-grader Gemma Morey.

The Child Concern of Butler County donated $5,000 to Poplar Bluff Schools from revenue of its recent building sale in an effort to stock ‘giving closets’ across the district prior to the holiday break last month. Each R-I school, grades K-12, received $500 – along with the other school systems in the county – to primarily go toward student food insecurity as well as clothing needs. ...

Southeast Missouri State University has released the fall Dean’s List. Christina Brown, Dexter Sean Sullivan, Poplar Bluff Shanna Green, Dexter Ashlyn Donahoo, Bernie Camryn Stanfield, Bernie Elijah Freeman, Dexter Kolby Musgrave, Dexter Kaytlin Gholson, Ellsinore...

The Masonic Lodge recently donated $6,000 to Poplar Bluff Schools, split between Eugene Field and Lake Road Elementary, to go toward clothing items for students in need. A group of staff members at Lake Road went shopping before school one morning in December for almost 50 students identified, reported counselor Valerie Duncan. ...

Harold Cecil Whitehead, 90, of Maryland Heights, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. Harold was born on March 27, 1933, to Cecil and Mellie (Psalmonds) Whitehead in Malden, Missouri. He married Lavern (Davis) Whitehead Sept. 3, 1951, in Piggott, Arkansas...

Maggie Mae Mathis, 2 1/2 months old, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Jan. 29, 2024, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Maggie was born Nov. 13, 2023, to Mason and Emily Faith Ward. Maggie is survived by father, Mason Clay Mathis; mother, Emily Faith Ward; grandmother, Nicole Deaton, grandfather, Thomas Deaton, grandmother, Melissa Mathis, great-grandmother, Tammy Ward, great-grandfather, Dennis Ward; great-grandmother, Tracy Deaton; great-grandfather, Raymond Deaton; great-grandmother, Sue Mathis; great-great-grandmother, Linda Feltz; great-great-grandmother, Gracie Jones; great-great-grandmother, Ethel Deaton; aunt, Madison Ward; aunt, Kaitlyn Deaton; great-aunt, Megan Ward; great-aunt, Candice Pearson; great-aunt, Crystal Breadsley; great-aunt, Chertina Pearson; aunt, Makayla Hartsoch; aunt, McKenzie Kneir; aunt, Madison Scott; great-uncle, Justin Andrews; great-uncle, Cheron Pearson; great-uncle, Scott Beardsley; uncle, Myles Mathis; uncle, Charlie Kneir; uncle, Jason Scott; great-uncle, George Pryor as well as 23 cousins.. ...

Free tickets for the 2024 VAlentines for Veterans concert Thursday featuring Tracy Byrd at the Black River Coliseum are limited, but veterans interested in attending may call the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. Tickets are not available to the general public, this is for veterans only, said J. Dale Garrett, chief of the center for development and civic engagement. Garrett explained veterans may call the hospital’s main telephone number, 573-778-4276...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT An employee with Municipal Utilities reported at 8:50 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5, a water meter had been taken from a residence in the 800 block of Franklin Street. _ Donna Shepherd reported at 9:35 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5, that a white truck backed into her vehicle while it was parked at Home Depot. The truck left the scene of the accident...

Michael Eugene Satterfield, 68, of Fisk, Missouri, died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

Kenneth Eugene Throop, 60, of High Ridge, Missouri, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at his residence.

WEST PLAINS, Mo. — Kimberly Rhoads, a telehealth clinical technician at the West Plains Community-Based Outpatient Clinic of the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, is the newest recipient of the facility’s BEE Award. The BEE Award stands for “Being Exceptional Every (Day)” and was adopted by the John J. ...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Miracle-Ear of Southeast Missouri was recognized by Miracle-Ear with its 12th Platinum Club award during the hearing aid corporation’s annual convention Feb. 1 in Punta de Mita, Mexico. According to a press release, Miracle-Ear presents Platinum Club honors annually to franchises across the country in different size categories. ...