Stories from Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Today’s news roundup is short and sweet: Businessmen plan a delegation to Piedmont, a burglar has bad timing and poll workers get a substantial raise as the state minimum wage increases and the county seeks more than 200 workers for the upcoming election.

The Pride in Your Ride Car Show to benefit Wounded Warriors will be from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at the Eagles building, 1400 S. Broadway.

VAN BUREN — Heading west on Highway 60, just outside of Van Buren, a small building is nestled into open property with stacks of firewood beside it and a warehouse behind it. The building is the Big Spring Sheltered Workshop and it is changing with the times.

REYNOLDS COUNTY— A group of six hikers touring Johnson’s Shut-ins in Reynolds County became stranded Tuesday when the water level rose several feet in under 40 seconds, according to Reynolds County Patrol Sergeant Johnathan Loyd.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s decision to forgo a third term in order to run for governor set off a mad dash of Republicans hoping to replace him. Early entrants included online personality Valentina Gomez, Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller and state Rep. Adam Schwadron. They were eventually joined by longtime GOP strategist Jamie Corley, House Speaker Dean Plocher, state Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman and Judge Mike Carter...

Charles Eldon Dollins, 82, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Naylor, Missouri. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday, July 19, 2024, in the Fowler and Sons Funeral Home of Neelyville, Missouri, with the funeral following at 1 p.m. Charles will be laid to rest with military honors at Roberts Cemetery in Neelyville with Allen Leutert officiating...

Officers responded Wednesday, July 17, to the 1400 block of North Fifth Street to a report of a person making suicidal statements. The subject was contacted and transported to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center emergency room for treatment. _ Officers responded Wednesday, July 17, to the 400 block of Henry Street to a report of a domestic assault. ...