Stories from Saturday, September 7, 2019

The merry-go-round that is the five-year debate on where to locate Poplar Bluff’s city offices took another turn this week. City council members voted Tuesday to pursue a location on Shelby Road and have given the go-ahead for officials to start negotiations to purchase property...

WAPPAPELLO — Two workshops will be held next week to gather public opinion on updates to Wappapello Lake’s Master Plan and Shoreline Management Plan, a process required about every 20 years at the 8,400-acre impoundment. The workshops, Operations Manager Bart Dearborn said, will kick off a 30-day comment period ending on Oct. 9 and give residents the opportunity to be involved in the operation of the lake...

Poplar Bluff High School sophomores will be taught personal finance slightly different this year after teacher Pamela Davis was awarded a grant. The $500 grant, from the Missouri Retired Teachers Foundation, is going toward supplies for students to compile interactive folders of their notes...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two Perryville residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, on Highway 25 at County Road 260 in Stoddard County. According to the report, Cody D. Skinner, 28, of Dexter was operating a 2013 Chevrolet Sonic southbound when it struck the rear of a 2011 Ford Focus being driven by Kristina A. Bayne, 27, of Perryville...

County firefighters responded at 6:02 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, to a vehicle fire at Ross Fuel Center on Highway 67 North. According to the report, the fire was in the engine compartment of a 2012 Ford pickup, owned by Todd Schearer. _____

NEELYVILLE — David 'Hurk' Guthrie, 75, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Naylor, died Friday, Sept. 6, at Poplar Bluff. Mr. Guthrie was born March 23, 1944. He had lived in Poplar Bluff for one month, having previously lived in Naylor for 53 years. He had worked at the Gates Rubber Company and also had worked for Naylor Grain...