Stories from Thursday, September 26, 2024

Transportation and lack thereof is the theme of this date’s headlines. A man was arrested after trying to run away with the circus in 1924, Missouri Pacific strike negotations stalled in 1949, and bad contract timing left a utility pole in an awkward spot in 1974...

Mary Frances “Frankie” Hoefer, 86, of Ellsinore, Missouri, departed this life Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was born Oct. 22, 1937, in Success, Arkansas, to the late Ted and Leone (Ennis) Wilson...

A Cardwell man has died following a dog attack. According to the Dunklin County Sheriff's Office, on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at approximately 3:41 p.m., deputies were dispatched to 203 Mulberry Street in Cardwell in response to an animal related call. Deputies were advised a 72 year old male had fallen to the ground and could not get up. A dog had attacked him and he appeared to be unresponsive...