Stories from Wednesday, November 13, 2019

The Northside Community Center at 1450 Garfield Street will hold its first annual Winter and Craft Fair from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30. A variety of vendors are expected to fill the inside of the center offering goods for purchase. Food trucks are also scheduled for the event and will be stationed outside the center to feed hungry shoppers...

To the Editor: You may recall the recent letter to the editor in which I urged the city council to buy only the four acres needed for a new police station and not the entire 60-some-odd acres of marginal land offered by First Missouri State Bank. With council members Ed DeGaris and Robert Smith voting “no,” the other five members – Ron Black, Steve Davis, Shane Cornman, Barbara Horton and Lisa Parson – bought the farm, so to speak...

Two area businesses were recognized recently by the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce, longtime local company Redmond Properties and new storefront, Grateful Headz. Ribbon cutting events were held for both last week. Redmond Properties recently made a change, leaving the Century 21 franchise, and returning to the roots of the organization, which was started in 1987 by Russ Redmond, owner/appraiser...

Two separate accidents Tuesday resulted in serious injuries for three area teenagers, the first involving a head on crash and the second a rollover accident. A Bernie teen was injured at 1:55 p.m. Tuesday in the first accident, which occurred on County Road 237 in Stoddard County...

Motorists travelling eastbound on Barron Road may have recently noticed an electronic sign displaying their vehicle’s speed. “In a nutshell (the device) is a new version of speed and traffic monitoring,” said Lt. Keith Hefner. “It has improved speed detection.”...

NEELYVILLE — James William Main, Sr., 73, of Corning, Ark., passed away Nov. 12, 2019 at his residence. He was born Feb. 8, 1946 in Wythe County, Va. to the late Richard Main and Elsie Burns Main. On July 11, 2013 in Piggott, Ark. he was married to Sharon Shelton. She survives...

PITTSBURG, Kan. — Georgia Estelle (Marsh) Hawkins, 93, of Pittsburg, passed away Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019 at Via Christi Hospital. She was born March 22, 1926 at Naylor, Mo., the daughter of Lula and William Marsh. She attended schools in Naylor and Doniphan...

MALDEN — Marcella Hon, 91, of Risco, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2019 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18 at the First Baptist Church in Risco. The funeral will follow at 11:30 a.m. in the church with Rev. Lonnie Mittag and Rev. Gene Lancaster officiating. Burial will be in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Lake Road Elementary fourth grader Aden Ward received a perfect score in the last round of the Math Counts competition on Wednesday.

NEELYVILLE ­— Eugene C. Scott, 49, of Doniphan, died Nov. 11, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at Fowler & Sons Funeral Home in Neelyville. A graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. at Springhill Cemetery in Fairdealing...

ADVANCE ­— Elizabeth Shawn Wells, 52, of Columbia, Mo. died Nov. 13, 2019 in Fulton, Mo. Visitation will be from noon - 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17. at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. in the chapel. Burial will follow at Morgan Memorial Park in Advance...

PARMA, Mo. — Ethel Reatha Cravens, 100, of Parma, died Nov. 12, 2019 at the New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid, Mo. Visitation will be after noon Friday, Nov. 15 at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Parma. The funeral will follow at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. G. L. Keene of New Madrid officiating...

BLOOMFIELD — Paul D. Hayes, 79, of Essex, died Nov. 12, 2019 at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter. A procession to the cemetery will begin at 12:45 p.m. from Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter for graveside services at 1 p.m. at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield with the Rev. Del Ray Hayes of Senatobia, Miss. officiating...

A rose bush thicket and persistent investigation by the Butler County Sheriff’s Department helped end a crime spree early Wednesday morning involving two stolen vehicles, three high speed chases — one involving a private citizen — and a daylight home invasion, in which the residents were home...

Saturday is opening day of Missouri’s biggest hunting season of the year - the regular firearms deer season.