Stories from Monday, November 18, 2019

The Poplar Bluff Animal Control shelter is located on Butler Street and is open for adoptions from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. For more information call 573-686-8635.

GLENNONVILLE ­— Margaret Hirtz, 93, of Glennonville, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 at Swift Creek Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation and Rosary was Sunday, Nov. 17 at St. Teresa Catholic Church in Glennonville. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be in the St. Teresa Cemetery...

BLOOMFIELD ­— Mary Evelyn Hardin, 82, of Bloomfield, died Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18 at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, with services to follow at 1 p.m. Burial will be at the Gravel Hill Cemetery near Bloomfield.

Missouri cannabis retailers (MOcanna) and social media groups have combined efforts to sponsor a statewide clothing drive for the needy set for Saturday, Nov. 23. Local retailer Grateful Headz, 809 W. Pine Street, will be accepting donations that day between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3:20 p.m...

Generations of Poplar Bluff Mules players and fans energized the E.T. Peters Gymnasium once again Saturday night during the first-ever Mules Alumni basketball game. With players from as far back as 1987 through the most recent graduates of 2019, the competition brought back memories of the championship history of boys’ basketball at Poplar Bluff High School...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 23-year-old Bernie man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 1:46 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, on County Road 627 at County Road 640, one mile south of Dexter. According to the report, Luke T. Eggert was operating a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix northbound when he failed to negotiate a turn, which caused his car to run off the right side of the road and overturn...

City firefighters responded at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, to an alarm at the Mark Twain Care Center, 3001 May St. It was investigation only. _ City firefighters responded at 9:46 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15, to a report of smoke in the 123 S. C St. residence owned by Tyler Berry...

DONIPHAN — Imogene L. Franklin Jaske, 88, of Doniphan, died Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 in the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Elder Cemetery in Campbell...

FAIRDEALING — The Fairdealing community is rallying after fire destroyed the Pilgrim’s Rest Church early Sunday morning. “From the second that it happened, people, just right and left, have been offering things, giving their support for the whole community,” said Jim Willis, a church board member...

Helen Louise Starling, 102, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, at River Mist Assisted Living in Poplar Bluff. Helen, the youngest of three daughters of James and Minnie Pry Lamkin, was born April 20, 1917, in the Bay Springs community of Butler County. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Poplar Bluff man was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison Monday morning for being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition. Shawn Del Daggett, 40, was sentenced to 110 months on the felony of being a felon in possession of ammunition by U.S. District Judge Ronnie White, according to assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell...

BROSELEY — Anna Lavina Robertson entered her heavenly home Saturday, Nov. 16 at the age of 98. Mrs. Robertson, daughter of the late Richard and Grace Fudge, was born Aug. 10, 1921 in Ellsinore. She had managed several restaurants and was known as an excellent cook and business woman. She later worked at Walmart. She retired from there in 1990. She was humble, kind, giving and a devoted Christian. She was a member of the Qulin First Baptist Church...

GREENVILLE ­— Rickey E Sullivan, 56, of Marble Hill, Mo., formerly of Greenville, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. in the Greenville chapel. Burial with full military honors will be in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery in Silva...

While the Left wishes it wasn’t the case, the facts remain the same: President Trump did nothing wrong. Since the facts don’t create a reason to impeach the president, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chairman Adam Schiff are now using the most desperate tactics to keep their endgame alive. ...

By BARBARA ANN HORTON Staff Writer Winning the “Show-Me Chefs” competition Sunday left Lorelei Morris of Poplar Bluff feeling surreal and speechless. “I am still amazed at the things I’ve accomplished,” said Morris, admitting while she was challenged, “I did more than I thought I was capable of doing.”...