Stories from Monday, January 13, 2020

County firefighters responded at 10:38 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, to a motor-vehicle crash in the 7000 block of Woodland Meadows. According to the report, firefighters had to use tools to extricate the driver, _ County firefighters responded at 8:21 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, to a water rescue on Highway 53, south of Highway HH...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Ronald E. Bohannon, 45, of Doniphan was arrested at 8:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while suspended. He was booked at the Ripley County Sheriff’s Department...

A portion of Highway 53 in southeast Butler County remained closed Monday as water from the Black River covered a more than quarter mile section of the roadway north of Qulin. An approximately 2.1-mile stretch of Highway 53 between Highway HH and Highway 51, south of Poplar Bluff, was closed Sunday night as rising backwaters from the Black River topped the surface, Butler County Emergency Management Agency Director Robbie Myers said...

A 15-year-old Poplar Bluff resident was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash at 10:35 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, on Woodland Meadows, two miles west of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, the teen was operating a 2002 Dodge Caravan northbound when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree...

Allen Levi Parsley, son of the late Donald Parsley and Mary Lou Vanscyoc Parsley, was born Sept. 4, 1949 in Bloomfield, Mo. and departed this life Jan. 11, 2020 at his residence in Puxico at the age of 70. Mr. Parsley served as a deacon at Duck Creek Baptist Church where he was a member for many years. ...

Bonnie Christine Ward, 79, of Malden Mo., departed this life Jan. 11, 2020. A former resident of Naylor, Mrs. Ward was born on Dec. 21, 1940. Visiting will be held at noon Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 with funeral services following at 1 p.m. both at Fowler & Sons Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Fairdealing Cemetery, in Fairdealing, Mo...

Larry Crosley, 74, of Piedmont, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at PBRMC. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. Funeral will follow at 2 p.m. also at the Piedmont Chapel. Burial: Masonic Cemetery, Piedmont...

Dolores ‘Dee’ June Elledge, 88, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Litchfield, Ill., passed away Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Elledge, the daughter of Virgil and Edith Huddleston Miller, was born June 10, 1931, in Gillespie, Ill. ...

Mildred Marie Wiedner, 84, of Wappapello, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff, with the funeral service following at 12 p.m. Pastor Richard Blagg will officiate. Interment will be at Qulin Cemetery...

Robert Eugene Kerr of Poplar Bluff passed away Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 at his residence, surrounded by family and friends. Mr. Kerr was born March 3, 1932 in McClure, Ill. In 1950 he joined the Air Force and served for 28 years in which he went to Vietnam. ...

Three people were injured, including two seriously, in a one-vehicle crash at 2:30 p.m. Monday on Highway M, five miles west of Poplar Bluff. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Guy Conner, 31, was operating a 2004 Mini Cooper eastbound when it ran off the right side of the road, struck a tree and overturned...

Diana Carol (Truelove) Dunkmann went to be with her heavenly savior on Jan. 8 2020 at Birch Pointe Nursing Facility in Springfield, Mo. Diana was born Aug. 28 1950 at Presnell Hospital in Kennett, Mo. She was the first child born to Carl and Elizabeth Truelove...

A Poplar Bluff landlord may again face sexual misconduct charges after he allegedly fondled a woman inside an apartment he had available for rent. On Friday afternoon, a 19-year-old Poplar Bluff woman contacted Ray Allan Robertson about renting an apartment in the 500 block of Lester Street from him, according to Poplar Bluff Police Patrolman Chris Ridens’ report...

Mike Walker is bringing his show Conway and the King to the historic Rodgers Theatre in Poplar Bluff at 7 p.m. Thursday.

The Neelyville R-IV school board now has two candidates in the April election.