Stories from Tuesday, November 26, 2019

MALDEN — Gloria Regina Rice, 63, of Malden, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29 at the First United Pentecostal Church in Malden. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 at the church with Bro. Bobby Moore officiating. Burial will be in Rosewood Cemetery in Malden...

DONIPHAN — Karen Broyles always checked the organ donor box on her driver’s license. She liked the idea that if she should die, her last charitable gesture would be to save or improve the quality of life for someone else. “In all that time, it never occurred to me that I might someday be the one to receive an organ,” she says, still in awe of this recent event which not only saved her life, but opened her up to a whole new appreciation for the people in her life...

Approximately 300 children are in foster care in Butler and Ripley counties, according to officials, and more than 443,000 children nationwide. On a recent overcast day in November, 35 community members and business leaders boarded a school bus to participate in a foster care system simulation event sponsored by FosterAdopt Connect. The event is part of a nationwide program called, “Journey Home,” taking place in cities all over the country...

Poplar Bluff businesswoman Patty Boyers is being saluted as one of the most powerful women in rural cable vision in 2019 and as a wave maker. Boyers, chairman of ACA Connects, is president of BOYCOM Vision, a cable and broadband provider in rural Missouri. Boyers and her husband, Steve, started BOYCOM in 1992, which today serves about 3,000 customers...

City firefighters responded at 4:59 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, to a report of an unauthorized burn at the intersection of Alice and Bearden streets. According to the report, firefighters found the occupant at 2025 Alice St. burning leaves. Firefighters told him/her the fire had to be out by dark...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 24-year-old Doniphan man was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 25, on Highway 142 at Highway Street in Doniphan. According to the report, Peyton K. March, 22, of Doniphan was operating a 2016 Chevrolet Trax northbound when it pulled into the path of a 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser being driven southbound by Dominic J. Mullins...

A limited water supply and shortage of personnel hindered the Poplar Bluff Fire Department’s efforts Saturday night in putting out a structure fire on Grand Avenue. City officials say it is an issue that may need to be researched by engineers. Any possible work needed would have to be put into a budget for approval by the Poplar Bluff City Council, according to utility staff...

The holiday season will be much merrier at Recycling Grace Women’s Center after nearly $34,000 was raised during a recent benefit for the program. It will help support yearly operations and a growing Christmas wish list for the organization that added a second home, Linda House, this year. Plans for a third site are already underway...

Neelyville Elementary recently announced its October students of the month. Shown from left front row, Morgan Oliger; Camden Wolfram; Stacie Cannaday and  Kaylee Digges. Back row from left, Alicia Barker; Zak Cowley; Mr. Burton, principal; Merin Inman and Claire Richardson. ...

The Poplar Bluff Municipal Library will open a branch on Kanell Boulevard after voting Monday to purchase a 4,000-square-foot building. The site is expected to open by the fall of 2020, before public schools resume classes from the summer break, said Sue Szostak, library director...

Eugene Field first graders were provided a special opportunity to learn the meaning of Thanksgiving this holiday from the perspective of a full-blooded American Indian.

The American Legion Department of Missouri Boys Scouts Committee has announced the 2019 Eagle Scout of the Year program is underway. National winner will receive a $10,000 college scholarship and three other Eagle Scouts each will receive $2,500 in scholarships. The Missouri Eagle Scout winner will receive a $420 scholarship...

Sandra Hyde, 81, of Springfield, Mo. died Nov. 24, 2019 at her residence. A graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 at City Cemetery with Bishop Kent Miller officiating.

CAMPBELL — Bobby Carpenter, 72, of Mill Spring, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29 at Crosspointe Family Church in Campbell. A graveside service with military rites will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...

Students from Tara Brown's art class at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum in Poplar Bluff brought their talents to the offices of the Daily American Republic Tuesday evening. The small but skilled artists gave the front door a little early Christmas flair by painting a winter scene.