Stories from Tuesday, March 19, 2019

MALDEN, Mo. — Helen Evans, 84, of Malden, died Monday, March 18, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, March 21 at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden. The funeral will be at 11 a.m., Friday, March 22 at the Landess Chapel with Rev. Richard Blagg officiating...

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Matthew Edward Riley, 48, of Doniphan, died Sunday, March 10, 2019 at his residence. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Doniphan officiated by Ken Johannesen. Online condolences may be made to the family: www.edwardsfuneralhome.org...

CORNING, Ark. — Leoma Owens, 90, of Nixa, Mo., died Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Nixa Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will be Saturday from 1-2 p.m. at Ermert Funeral Home in Corning. Funeral service will follow at the funeral home at 2 p.m. with Earl Ladyman officiating. Burial will be at Black Cemetery in Success, Ark. Online condolences: www.ermertfuneralhome.com

NORTHSIDE NUTRITION CENTER • Tuesday — Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes, Calif. blend veg., fruit salad; • Wednesday — Chili w/ beef & beans, peanut butter crackers, corn, citrus fruit; • Thursday — Veg. beef soup, seasoned cauliflower, crackers, blushing pears;...

Poplar Bluff Middle School recently announced its third quarter ‘A’ and ‘B’ honor rolls for fourth through sixth grades. Fourth grade ‘A’ honor roll Alexis Agee, Lexus Allbritton, Haidyn Allen, Landon Barks, Kelsey Baucom, Addyson Berry, Emma Brazeal, Kayden Burm, Maddison Camden, Makayla Cantu, Yehya Ceesay, Carly Cisne, colt Clifford, Xavier Conover, Aiden Cook, Reese Corcimiglia, Alana Croy, Kyleigh Edmundson, Avery Elliot, Preston Ethridge, Delanie Faughn, Faith Felice, Emma Hale, Kate Harris, Richard Hester, Cameron Huck, Kiahna Huffman, Addison Hutson, Alexis Jameson, Lily Kline, Christopher Law, Jayden Lewis, Adan Lowe, Debra Mace, Kristalanna Mattox, Gabriella McGinty, Ramiz Mirza, Miles Newcomb, Ryan Noble, Samuel Owings, Palyn Patrick, Kaitlyn Penrod, Landon Peoples, Terrence Pullum, Chloe Rowland, McKynna Sandlin, Ella Shell, Kennedy Shell, Alexandria Sieben, Marley Spain, Brylee Statler, Isaac Stork, Noah Talbot, Logan Ullrick, Kayla Vuong, Seraphim Wykowski, Jason Zheng.. ...

Two measures which could have had implications in the hiring of Poplar Bluff’s new city clerk failed Monday to make it past the city council’s workshop agenda. The council considered easing residency requirements for those applying for the job and tightening rules regarding the hiring of relatives of city council members...

DEXTER — While districts are seeing a shift to online resources over physical materials, the Dexter R-XI School District still expects to spend just under $262,000 on English and math items for the next school year. Companies are aware of the trend and now make up for it in charges for online materials, Superintendent C.A. Counts said Tuesday during a regular meeting of the board. The board also discussed possible increases to health insurance costs and results of state testing...

Members of the community had the opportunity Tuesday night to hear from the four Twin Rivers R-X School Board candidates vying for the two open seats in the April 2 election. The Twin Rivers Community Teachers Association sponsored a “Meet the Candidates Night” at the Broseley Senior Community Center featuring incumbents Jeff Arnold, Dennis Whitlow and challengers Bruce Goodrich and Lee Wright...

Lake Road Elementary School opened its doors Tuesday morning to show the community why and how it earned the highest achievement for a school. Lake Road earned the status of being named a National Blue Ribbon School last November. This program recognizes schools where students achieve at very high levels or that make significant progress in closing the achievement gap...

County firefighters responded at 4:22 p.m. Friday, March 15, to a brush fire at 123 Mayberry Lane. According to the report, a small area burned. ———— County firefighters responded at 2:56 p.m. Saturday, March 16, to a grass fire at 197 Tomaro Lane. According to the report, about one acre burned...

City firefighters responded at 12:46 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, to a report of smoke in the area of the 1700 block of Illinois Avenue. According to the report, firefighters were told en route that a police officer heard a smoke detector sounding in one of the housing units on Illinois. Upon investigating, the officer found the detector was malfunctioning and called Poplar Bluff Housing Authority personnel to repair it...