Stories from Thursday, January 9, 2020

To the Editor: President Trump has recently taken bold action to protect Americans in the Middle East from the scourge of state-sponsored terrorism. In recent weeks, the country of Iran has targeted American citizens, Iran has attacked our embassy and threatened the lives of hundreds of people. ...

To the Editor: Here we go. The new decade has begun with 2020 rolling in and I have a feeling this one is going to be a dousey or however you spell it, it is going to be a year for the ages. The presidential elections are again amongst us and we get to listen to even more political rhetoric, bashing and back-stabbing. ...

Missouri’s 11-day alternative methods deer season wrapped up Tuesday evening, and while it started off pretty slow, hunters managed to nearly match last year’s harvest. Statewide, hunters killed 12,002 deer during the season, down only slightly from last year’s 12,109...

Mareece Webb will be the keynote speaker at the 34th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, which will be held Monday, Jan. 20, in Poplar Bluff. King’s Dream for Our World - Service is the theme for the event, which will begin at 11 a.m. at the historic Wheatley school on Garfield Street...

Patricia Ann Hart, 63-year-old resident of Doniphan, Mo., departed this life Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. She was born Sept. 1, 1956 to the late Alfred and Gladys (Garrett) Craft in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Known to others as a sweet, caring person, Pat always was wearing a smile. Christmas was a favorite time of year for her, with the highlight of the season being her time spent assisting with Christmas at Our House at West Point United Pentecostal Church...

City firefighters responded at 6:39 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6, to a motor-vehicle crash at the intersection of Second and Pine streets. According to the report, firefighters checked for injuries and provided first aid. Firefighters remained on the scene until the vehicles were removed...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Marcus D. Stoehr, 45, of Piedmont was arrested at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, on a Wayne County warrant for distribution of a controlled substance and on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked at the Wayne County Jail...

James D. Bell, 81-year-old Doniphan, Mo. resident, departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born Nov. 27, 1938 in Bardley, Mo., to the late Paul Oliver and Nona Jane (Woodring) Bell...

Dexter R-XI students will now join the eight other school districts — and Westwood Baptist Academy — sending students to the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center.

Officials with the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, continue to monitor a strong weather system approaching the Southeast Missouri area, and it is expected to bring heavy rain, gusty winds and the potential for flash flooding for the first half of the weekend...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Poplar Bluff man faces up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty last week to multiple drug distribution and weapon offenses. Payten James O’Neil Ice was stopped by law enforcement three times in seven-month period, and found to be in possession of narcotics all three times, as well as a weapon twice...

A group of Poplar Bluff volunteers touch a lot of lives giving of their time and talents, as well as donating money to benefit to benefit others.

Poplar Bluff city leaders will make a fourth attempt April 7 at passing a use tax. The most recent attempt to pass the tax, in November, failed 276-491. City manager Mark Massingham hopes more efforts to educate the public about the need will help turn the tide with this election...