Stories from Saturday, September 28, 2019

Marvin Knuckles, a Korean War veteran and a survivor of the Heartbreak Ridge battle, was among a group of former service members to travel with the Veterans Honor Tour in 2015. He described the 43-day battle of Heartbreak Ridge that saw more than 3,700 American and French troops killed, near-death experiences, and watching friends die...

Inspired by Jesus’ great commandment to love God and others, the congregation of Fellowship General Baptist Church spent the last week demonstrating that love in various practical ways throughout the community. “As a church, we’ve had a long-standing motivation, if we see a need to bless people with a love of Jesus, to show them the love of Jesus in practical ways in our community,” Pastor Byron Beck said. “We have a lot of need-meeting ministries that we’ve been doing for decades.”...

City firefighters responded at 7:07 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel at 508 Hazel St. According to the report, firefighters assisted in lifting a person off the floor and onto a stretcher and then into an ambulance...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 24-year-old Cape Girardeau man was injured in a motorcycle crash at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, on Highway 172, on mile east of York Village in Wayne County. According to the report, Colby H. Leger was operating a 1998 Harley Davidson motorcycle westbound when it ran off the right side of the road and overturned...

A 16-year-old Piedmont resident was killed in an all-terrain-vehicle crash at 11:45 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, on River Road, one and one-half miles from Champion Springs Road, west of Annapolis, in Reynolds County. According to the report, the teen was operating a northbound 1997 Polaris ATV that was crossing a low-water crossing when he lost control of his ATV, and it overturned...

The aroma of popcorn and funnel cakes wafted through the air Saturday as large crowds filled the streets of downtown Poplar Bluff for the 10th annual Iron Horse Festival. For the second year, the festival was held in conjunction with the Veteran Fall Festival, sponsored by the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center and the Wake Foundation...

PIEDMONT — Riley (Rutter) Gray, 16, of Piedmont, died Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at the Iron County Medical Center in Pilot Knob. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Morrison Funeral Chapel in Piedmont, with a DeMolay service held at 7 p.m...