Stories from Saturday, June 8, 2024

This weekend’s headlines continue two tales from throughout the week. An escaped inmate and would-be political assassin remains on the run in 1924. In 1949, a coroner’s inquest concludes the convoluted case of a man who was shot and then run over. Thankfully there are happier highlights, including some canine hijinx.

Peggy E. Batten, 93, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Friday, June 7, 2024, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Peggy was born on March 26, 1931, to Frank and Hattie (Crigger) Walker in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She married Bobby Lee Batten on Oct. 6, 1953; he preceded her on Aug. 1, 1988. She later married Bob Armour, who also preceded her...