Stories from Saturday, January 5, 2019

A forum, Medicare Basics Understanding Medicare, will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library.

Needed: A used long-bed pickup truck. The United Gospel Rescue Mission is in desperate need of a long-bed pickup truck with seating cap for four to six adults and executive director Rev. Gregory Kirk is following the scriptures as he shares the need with the Lord and the community...

While no contest has developed for a Poplar Bluff City Council race, there are now filings for both open seats. Voters will decide April 2 on new representatives for Ward 1 and Ward 3. Retired Poplar Bluff Police Officer Alonzo “Kit” Skaggs, 75, has filed for Ward 1. He is the only candidate for the seat. Incumbent Susan McVey has said she will not file for re-election, after about 10 years on the council...

QULIN — The first class of Twin Rivers new Early Childhood Special Education program were full of excitement Friday morning as they entered their classrooms to receive a “jump start” in their education. “We knew we needed something to align with the needs of kindergarten through fourth grade students,” Qulin Principal Seth McBroom said. “This program gives our students a jump start and preparation for kindergarten.”...

Covering local education, I get the opportunity to go into the schools and talk with many children. This is one of my favorite parts of my job and I usually learn more than what I initially set out to find. I never know what the students may tell me, especially the younger kiddos. It could range from their family adopting a new pet to something their sibling did last week which upset mom...

Poplar Bluff Fire Chief Ralph Stucker recently was appointed to represent Southeast Missouri as a director on the Missouri Association of Fire Chiefs. Stucker said he was asked by then Cape Girardeau Fire Chief Rick Ennis to serve the remainder of his term, which expires in February 2020. Ennis was to retire at the end of 2018...

Malden, Mo. — Charles Doyle Williams, 80, of Wappapello, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be 11 a.m. until service time Monday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will at noon Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 at Bradshaw Chapel - Malden with burial in Little Brushy Cemetery in Wappapello...

Malden, Mo. — Michael Ralph “Mick” Vandiver, 59, of Holcomb, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, at St. Bernards Medical Center - Jonesboro, Ark. Visitation will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 until service time at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 at Bradshaw Chapel - Malden with burial in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...