Stories from Saturday, September 28, 2024

The people made their voices heard in this weekend’s headlines. Residents had two major concerns in 1949: a dangerous school crossing and a proposed dam system that would destroy the natural wonders of the Current River. They were prepared to go to the top with their protests in both cases.

Officers responded shortly after 4 a.m. Sept. 24 to the 1900 block of South Broadway in response to a report of a subject that had been shot, Chief of Police Michael McClain said in a press release Saturday morning. On-scene, officers located a male subject who had suffered a gunshot wound to the back, he said. The victim was transported by emergency medical personnel to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center and was later transferred via ground transport to a medical facility in Cape Girardeau...