Stories from Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Two women suffered what authorities say were non-life threatening injuries after they were shot Tuesday night outside a Plum Street home. Just after 8 p.m., officers with the Poplar Bluff Police Department responded to the 300 block of Plum Street in regard to a shooting, said Police Capt. J.R. Keirsey...

Pike Creek Reorganized Common Sewer District will hold a regular board meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 8 at the district office at 4878 Hwy. PP, Poplar Bluff.

CAMPBELL, Mo. — Mrs. Ruth Willard, 82, of Campbell, died Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-noon Friday, May 3 at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. The funeral will follow at noon at Landess Funeral Home with Rev. Darren Baker officiating. Burial will be in Tucker Cemetery in Campbell. Landess Funeral Home of Campbell is in charge of arrangements...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Shauna Marie Batson, 63, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died April 25, 2019 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at Westwood Baptist Church 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4. Rev. David Myers will officiate.

FISK, Mo. — Victor Hayes, age 100, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 3 at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 3 in the funeral home chapel with Chaplin Bruce Wareing officiating.

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two bills, one of which could dramatically affect the operations of the Missouri Department of Conservation, are making their way through the Missouri legislature and drawing a lot of attention from sportsmen. The first is House Joint Resolution 18, sponsored by Rep. Mike Moon in Lawrence County. There are no co-sponsors on the bill...

Poplar Bluff’s high school and junior high trap teams traveled to Linn Creek, Mo., last weekend for the Paul Larson Memorial Shoot and put on a clinic for the field of nearly 1,000 competitors. The high school’s A Squad, consisting of Garret Cooper, Tayler Hillis, Dylan Hale, Austin Stoner and Andrew Miller, topped the entire field, earning the win with a score of 488 out of 500...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Edward R. Coursey, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, April 27, 2019 at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 10 a.m.- noon with Masonic Rites from noon - 1 p.m., followed by funeral services at 1 p.m. at the Brown Chapel AME Church in Poplar Bluff.

MALDEN, Mo. — Sultena Viona Copeland, 93, of Malden, died Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at her residence. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Friday, May 3 at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Bradshaw Chapel in Malden. Burial will be in Rosewood Cemetery in Malden...

Rep. Hardy Billington (R-Poplar Bluff) has been recognized with the Freshman Legislator of the Year Award. According to a press release Wednesday, the award was given to Billington for his advocacy of conservatism. The award was presented by House Speaker Elijah Haahr...

A Doniphan man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2010 deaths of two elderly couples whose bodies were found in their burned homes. Keith A. Boyles, 26, appeared Wednesday morning before Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett for sentencing after having earlier been convicted of four Class A felonies of first-degree murder and four unclassified felonies of armed criminal action (ACA)...