Stories from Friday, November 22, 2019

Thelma Bernice Childress, 98, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 25 in the sanctuary at First Baptist Church, 551 North Westwood Boulevard, Poplar Bluff, MO. The funeral will follow on Monday, Nov. 25 at First Baptist Church with Pastor Brandon Spain officiating...

City firefighters responded at 5:20 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, to a motor-vehicle crash at 500 N. Sixth St. According to the report, firefighters checked for injuries and stabilized the neck of one person until emergency-medical-services personnel arrived...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 40-year-old Greenville woman was injured in an all-terrain-vehicle crash at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, on County Road 224A, two miles south of Clubb. According to the report, Valerie R. Velazquez was operating a 1985 Honda ATV northbound when it overturned...

Kenneth ‘Kenny’ D. Laffoon, 65, passed away on Nov. 19, 2019 at his residence in Louisburg, Mo. Kenny is survived by his son, Justin (Leah) Laffoon; sisters, Linda (Mike) Minear, Regina (Ken) Hull and Rita (Tim) Eaton; and grandson, Cash Laffoon. He is predeceased by his father, William Laffoon and mother, Edith Laffoon...

Nurturing is a way of life for KaCee Rider of Poplar Bluff. She is a wife, mother and a registered nurse. Nursing became a career goal after her dad, Stephen Waite, was injured in an industrial plant explosion. Once he was released from the hospital, Rider and her mother, Chris Waite, watched the home health nurses who came to change his bandages and continue his treatment...

For more than 50 years, the United Gospel Rescue Mission has served Thanksgiving dinner to more than 1,300 Poplar Bluff area residents. Preparing a meal each year for this many might seem like a daunting task, but Mission Executive Director Rev. Greg Kirk knows volunteers and desserts are two key ingredients to making Thanksgiving a success...

Viewers watching a recent episode of the NBC series “Chicago Fire” may have caught mention of the Poplar Bluff Fire Department. A clip of the scene can be viewed on the department’s Facebook page, as well Capt. Toby Tuggle’s page. Although the context of the dialog in the scene is unknown, it is: “Two units from the Des Moines Fire and Rescue. Six units from the Lansing Fire Department, and two units from Poplar Bluff, Mo., station 1.”...

NEELYVILLE — Vera Ann Harris, 83, of Naylor, died Nov. 21, 2019 at Mark Twain Healthcare. Visitation will be at noon Nov. 24 at the Fowler & Sons Funeral Home in Neelyville. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. in the funeral home. Burial will be in the Naylor Memorial Cemetery in Naylor...

Baby Sienna Faith Miller died Thursday, Nov. 22, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24 at Beulah Baptist Cemetery in Brunot, Mo. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhomes.com

The Neelyville R-IV approved bids to clean up the softball field and construct a maintenance building at its monthly meeting Thursday night.

People can start filing to run in the Poplar Bluff R-I school board on Dec. 17.

Fourteen Poplar Bluff High School students took the stage tonight for the first production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" at Porter Theater.

NEELYVILLE — Jackie Lee Elliott, 66, of Doniphan, passed away Nov. 19, 2019 in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept.12, 1953 in Oxly, Mo. to the late Wiley and Naomi Elliott. He is survived by his children, Jackie Elliott II (Whitney) of Middleton, Texas, Nelson and Neil Elliott both of Doniphan; two sisters, Donna Hilton of Doniphan and Mary Rush of Oklahoma and his girlfriend, Theresa White...