Stories from Monday, March 11, 2019

FISK, Mo. — Colleen Riepe, 81, of Fisk, died Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Puxico Nursing and Rehab in Puxico, Mo. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 12 at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk. The funeral will follow at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Elder Craig Hamilton officiating. Burial will be in Ash Hill Cemetery East in Fisk.

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Carolyn Lou Burton, 83, of Doniphan, died Saturday, March 9, 2019 at her residence. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 14 at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral will follow at noon in the funeral home chapel with Brother Jerry Cooper officiating. A graveside service will follow at 2:30 p.m. in the Sycamore Hills Cemetery at Pyle City, Mo...

City firefighters responded at 2:49 p.m. Friday, March 8, to an alarm at Southeast Sign, 304 Hazel St. It was investigation only. ———— City firefighters responded at 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 8, at the request from gas company personnel to stand by at a gas leak at 917 Hickory St...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Richard May, 74, of Bloomfield, died Sunday, March 10, 2019 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 13 at the Hill’s Cemetery in Bloomfield. Burial will follow in the Hill’s Cemetery in Bloomfield with Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home of Bloomfield in charge of arrangements...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Lorene Tibbs Scott, 98, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, March 8, 2019 at Westwood Hills Health and Rehab Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation is from 5-7 p.m., Monday at Cotrell Funeral Chapel. The funeral will be at 11 p.m., Tuesday, March 12 in the funeral chapel with Pastor Ben Higgins officiating.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Jack Bill Pruett, 82 of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 13 at 11a.m. Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 13 at 1p.m. Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff with Bishop Kent Miller officiating.

AUGUSTA, Kan. — Steve Gray, 62, of Augusta, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, March 7, 2019 in Valley Center. Visitation will be Wednesday March 13 at 2 p.m. until service at 3 p.m., all at Headley Funeral Chapel, 813 State St., Augusta, Kan.

A suspect in a theft from a Poplar Bluff business, who led area law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase through parts of Butler and Carter counties for over an hour early Sunday morning, is behind bars in the Butler County Justice Center.

The Poplar Bluff R-1 Board of Education met in a special meeting Monday afternoon to discuss an internal transfer of staff at the superintendent level. Associate Superintendent of Finance Rod Priest will be retiring at the conclusion of the 2018-19 school year...

DEXTER — The community had an opportunity to hear details of a proposed no-tax-increase bond to fund district-wide improvements Monday. According to Superintendent C.A. Counts, the 12 projects total an estimated $18.5 million dollars with $15.7 million generated through the bond, if approved by voters during the April 2 election...

Judges Michael Pritchett Paul McGhee The following cases were recently acted upon in Circuit Court, Criminal Division. --- Monica Scrimsher of Doniphan pleaded guilty Jan. 2 to the Class D felony of stealing. The court suspended the imposition of her sentence and placed her on five years’ supervised probation...