Stories from Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Butler County commissioners have accepted a bid to provide a transport van for prisoners housed by the Butler County Sheriff’s Department, and a separate bid for a paving project in the Harviell area. The bids were received and accepted last week, said county clerk Tonyi Deffendall...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has received more than 2,100 applications from businesses that want to run medical marijuana facilities. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Tuesday that more than half of the applicants — 1,163 — were seeking to operate one of the 192 dispensaries the state plans to license...

Missouri’s first duck season of the fall will open Saturday, and though it doesn’t garner the attention of the winter seasons, the early teal season always is a good start for dedicated waterfowl hunters. There’s a six-bird daily limit on blue-winged, green-winged and cinnamon teal only. The limit can be made of any combination of the three species, though you’ll likely never see a cinnamon teal in Southeast Missouri...

LINN CREEK, Mo. — Poplar Bluff’s high school and junior high trap teams fared well during last weekend’s MYSSA Fall Classic shoot at Linn Creek, Mo., competing against more than 450 shooters. “All in all, it was a great day for PB,” said coach Sandy Pike...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Discover nature with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) at the Southeast Missouri (SEMO) District Fair in Cape Girardeau Sep. 7-14. To celebrate Smokey Bear’s 75th birthday this year, MDC will host a birthday party Sunday, Sep. ...

Joel Arthur Wilson, 67, of Ortonville, Mich., died Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 at Rombauer Cemetery in Rombauer. A Celebration of Life service will be from 11 a.m. - noon Thursday, Sept. 12 at Waypoint Church in Clarkston, Mich...

BLOOMFIELD — Warren Neil Kerber, 74, of Williamsville, Mo., passed away Sunday, September 1, 2019 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., as a result of a 4-wheeler accident. As per Mr. Kerber’s wishes a graveside service will be held noon Thursday, September 5, 2019 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo.

City firefighters responded at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, to assist emergency-medical-services at 415 W. Harper St. According to the report, firefighters helped move a patient down a flight of stairs and into an ambulance. Firefighters returned to the home at 5:30 p.m. to assist EMS in getting the patient out of the ambulance and back into her home...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Jennifer L. Odom, 43, of Doniphan was arrested at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), possession of drug paraphernalia, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a weapon. She was booked at the Ripley County Sheriff’s Department and released...

CENTERVILLE — A Piedmont man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in connection to the September 2018 death of his infant son. Accompanied by his attorney, Ayla Chadbourne, Matthew James Wilkins appeared before Circuit Judge Kelly Parker for a plea/trial setting in his case...

NEELYVILLE — Angela Sue Scott, 60, of Neelyville, died Aug. 29, 2019 at her residence. Memorial visitation will be at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6 at Fowler & Sons Funeral Home in Neelyville. Memorial service will be follow at 6 p.m. in the funeral home.

Carl L. Woods, 82, of Wappapello, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff with the funeral service following at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Brandon Spain officiating.

Poplar Bluff has a long and complicated history when it comes to making decisions about the location of its city hall. The topic was so divisive, Poplar Bluff’s city manager form of government was challenged the last time a permanent move was needed...

Poplar Bluff officials believe the cost of a new city complex could be paid through a 20-year debt covered by an existing capital improvement sales tax. The city can afford payments of approximately $1.2 million under figures presented Tuesday to city council members by Todd Sweeney, with consultant Navigate Building Solutions...

The biggest classroom laboratory in the Three Rivers College system is a 108-acre farm in Ripley County just west of Fairdealing. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith learned first-hand Thursday, Aug. 29, making the college farm a stop on his annual farm tour in the Eighth Congressional District...