Stories from Monday, March 4, 2019

Joshua and Amanda Robinson of Campbell, Mo., announce the birth of their 6-pound 14.03-ounce son, Landon Drake Robinson, born at 5:37 p.m. on Feb. 7, 2019 at Saint Francis Healthcare Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was 19.5 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Albert and Nancy Griffin of Qulin, Mo. Paternal grandparents are Jason and Lisa Robinson of Harviell, Mo...

PUXICO, Mo. — Dean Lowe, 86, of Puxico, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 at Puxico Nursing & Rehab Center in Puxico. Visitation will be at 6 p.m., Wednesday, March 6 at Morgan Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico. The funeral will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, March 7 at the funeral home with Rev. Ray Placher and Rev. David Dees officiating. Burial with full military rites will be in the Rock Hill Cemetery.

MALDEN, Mo. — Dorthy Moore, 80, of Malden, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 at the Miner Nursing Center in Miner, Mo. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday March 6 in the Macedonia Cemetery in Malden with the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo. with Rev. Ronnie Webb of Poplar Bluff, Mo. officiating...

DEXTER, Mo. — Ronald Fodge, 73, of Benton, Mo., died Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be after noon Thursday, March 7 at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter until time of services at 2 p.m. Burial will follow in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo. with full military honors. Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter is in charge of arrangements...

City firefighters responded at 1:10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, to a system malfunction at 725 Highway 142, Briggs and Stratton Pharmacy area. According to the report, dispatch advised it was a false alarm by Jessie Summerall. Upon arrival firefighters found nothing showing and cleared the scene...

City firefighters responded at 5:54 p.m. Saturday, March 2, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel in lifting a patient at 708 Sutton St. ———— City firefighters responded at 12:12 a.m. Monday, March 3, to a report of smoke in the 1110 W. Maud St. residence occupied by Gaye Morgan and owned by Galen Hillis...

Poplar Bluff chef Lorelei Morris’ recipe for success is mixed with emotions and feelings, as well as ingredients and technique, and it is serving her well. She is one of eight regional chefs selected to compete March 11-15 in the fourth “Show-Me Chefs” show produced by Missouri State University’s Media Journalism and Film Department in the Springfield area...

A Barron Road property owner plans to make a new proposal for business zoning of acreage in an area near May Street. This follows a decision Monday by Poplar Bluff City Council members, who declined to approve the rating needed to add possible new medical offices...

An effort by the city of Poplar Bluff to secure grant funding for gravel street paving hit a speed bump Monday when city council members chose not to move forward with the selection of an engineering firm for the project. An engineering study is needed for the Community Development Block Grant application, which is due in May, city planner Matt Winters explained during the regular council meeting...

BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County Commissioners awarded a mobile generator bid to Clifford Power Systems of Independence, Mo., during Monday morning’s meeting. Clifford Power submitted the lowest of three bids for a mobile generator at $48,940, including shipping...

DEXTER — Stop signs will soon be erected in the Valley’s Addition Subdivision near Boon Park after a vote Monday night by the Dexter Board of Aldermen. The subdivision, Dexter City Administrator Mark Stidham said, is finished and several homes already have been built...