Stories from Saturday, August 17, 2019

Last week the city of Poplar Bluff announced it had settled three lawsuits that had been brewing since 2016 with workers who felt they were being discriminated against by age, race or gender. The case was settled out of court for $155,000. The insurance company will pick up the check for all but $10,000...

MALDEN — Imogene Kinder, 81, of Malden died Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 35-year-old Annapolis man drowned Thursday while swimming in Big Creek at Annapolis. According to the report, Joey P. Bales attempted to swim to an underwater cave at about 1:15 p.m. and did not resurface. Bales was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:10 p.m. by an emergency room doctor. He is the third drowning in Troop E this year...

It’s Christmas in August for employees of the Daily American Republic. The anticipation of the newspaper’s first Difference Makers banquet has been building for weeks, and will come to a head next week. On Thursday, at the Poplar Bluff Holiday Inn, the DAR will honor the 10 finalists for Difference Maker of the Year. The event will start at 6 p.m. in the banquet hall...

GIDEON — Terry Renne Lawrence, 63, of Gideon died Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Gideon, with funeral services following at 2 p.m. at the church. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...