Stories from Friday, October 11, 2019

Recently, I had taken a trip to the state of Connecticut. My mother called me in the summer and asked me if I could take her back east to see her brother and sisters. She had not seen them in six years. I was honored to be her traveling partner and made flight, rental car and hotel accommodations. It has been 26 years since I had been to my hometown. Though excited, I was a little apprehensive about driving around just 50 miles outside of New York City...

Ask anyone who attends a Poplar Bluff Mules football game if they know super fan Connie Chaney Taylor and you’ll get a resounding “oh yes!” every time. R-I staff member and Poplar Bluff alumnus Anita Gaebler Cates described Taylor as “... one of the most loyal Mules football fans I have ever known, probably only outweighed by my father (the late R-I and community icon, Dale Gaebler). ...

GLENNONVILLE — A Poplar Bluff man was killed and another seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash at 8:40 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, on Highway J, two miles east of Glennonville, in Dunklin County. According to the report, Rodney L. Labryer, 31, was operating a 2007 Chevrolet pickup westbound when it ran off the road, struck a ditch and overturned...

Daisy Lee Shelton, 81, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 at her granddaughter’s residence in Troy, Mo. She was born on April 2, 1938 in Gibson, Mo. to Omar Belt and Ester Roland Belt. She was united in marriage to Dale Kenneth Shelton on Dec. 3, 1956 and he preceded her in death...

City firefighters responded at 8:20 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, to assist police officers at the Brent Tinnin Apartments, 2049 Greenwood Drive. According to the report, firefighters opened the Knox Box so officers could entered an apartment where someone had fallen...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Jessica A. Lynch, 34, of Williamsville was arrested at 9:23 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, failure to drive on the right half of the road and no tail light. She was booked at the Wayne County Jail...

MALDEN — L.D. Hill, 90, of Gideon, Mo., formerly of Clarkton, Mo. died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 at Gideon Care Center. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. in the Bradshaw Chapel with Rev. Jack Hill Sr. and Rev. J.R. Hill officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Gilead Cemetery in Clarkton...

The following Poplar Bluff city meetings are scheduled for the week of Oct. 14. P & Z The Poplar Bluff Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the council chambers, 301 South 5th Street. Plumbing The Poplar Bluff Plumbing Board will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday in the council chambers...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Collinsville, Ill., man pleaded guilty in federal court this week to multiple felonies in connection with a November armed robbery in Ripley County. Travis W. Davis, 41, pleaded guilty to the felonies of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and a crime of violence, robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon before U.S. ...

The following events and activities are planned for Oct. 12-15. For a full look at upcoming events, visit https://www.darnews.com/community . Saturday, Oct. 12 • 9 a.m. Adventure Hour “Shelters and Shut-ins” Sam A. Baker State Park, meet at the Mudlick Trailhead across from the park store...

The Missouri Attorney General’s Office and local attorneys from Poplar Bluff hosted an estate planning workshop for veterans on Oct. 5 at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. The event helped veterans and their spouses prepare estate wills, powers of attorney and living wills at no cost to the recipients, according to a press release...

Recently, I had taken a trip to the state of Connecticut. My mother called me in the summer and asked me if I could take her back east to see her brother and sisters. She had not seen them in six years. I was honored to be her traveling partner and made flight, rental car and hotel accommodations. It has been 26 years since I had been to my hometown. Though excited, I was a little apprehensive about driving around just 50 miles outside of New York City...

Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center and Graduation Center students participated in Manufacturing Day on Thursday, Oct. 3, and were provided the opportunity to tour factories in Industrial Park.

A total of 16 Poplar Bluff High School music students were named to the All-District Choir on Saturday, Sept. 28, during a regional audition in Cape Girardeau.

A new jewelry line designed by students is becoming a fashion trend among Poplar Bluff Middle School staff.

$300 … That could be the approximate weekly take-home pay for any newly hired Poplar Bluff firefighter who chooses to put his wife and/or children on his insurance plan. Until a recent vote by the Poplar Bluff City Council, two-thirds of the employees’ dependent health insurance was covered by the city. That changed Sept. 1, after the council voted to drop its contribution...

Earl Albert Colvin, age 83, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Colvin was born May 11, 1936 in Evergreen Park, Ill., son of the late Edward and Florence Colvin. On May 10, 1958 he married Nancy Killeen. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Edward Colvin of Paragould, Ark., and Steve Colvin of West Plains; one daughter, Karyn Hester of Cape Girardeau; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren...

One westbound lane of Oak Grove Road will be closed for repairs starting in the middle of next week. The Poplar Bluff Street Department will begin work Tuesday or Wednesday and hopes to have the project complete by the end of October. The area to be repaired is located in front of Jimmy Johns, said Jerry Lawson, street superintendent. It includes approximately 350 feet of the westbound outside lane and about 160-180 feet of the westbound inside lane...