Stories from Wednesday, January 15, 2020

An autopsy revealed Butler County Health Department Administrator Robert Hudson died Sunday from carbon monoxide poisoning while working on his truck inside a closed garage. “The official cause of death is going to be carbon monoxide poisoning, and all indications indicate that it was an accident,” said Butler County Coroner Andy Moore. “There is no other reason to believe it was anything else.”...

City firefighters responded at 9:28 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, to a report of a structure fire at the 522 N. D St. residence occupied by Samuel Freeman. According to the report, firefighters found light smoke inside the residence, and a fire still burning on the surface of an electric range...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 21-year-old Dexter woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, on Highway M, three miles southeast of Marston in New Madrid County. According to the report, Brittany Simmons, 24, of Dexter was operating a 1997 Ford pickup westbound when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree...

Jimmie Lee Bowman, son of the late Luther and Louise (Miller) Bowman, was born March 18, 1946 in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and departed this life Jan. 13, 2020 in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He had attained the age of 73. Jimmie had resided in Poplar Bluff for the past three years and was formerly of Tennessee. ...

Job growth in Butler County was highlighted Wednesday by Gov. Mike Parson during his State of the State address. “… At 3.1 percent, our unemployment rate continues to remain at historic lows, and has been below the national unemployment rate for 40 consecutive months … another example that Missouri’s growth is strong, and we are on the right track,” Parson said...

Mike Malone is a man of many talents. The 66-year-old Poplar Bluffian stresses one needs to be open when God nudges, and not afraid to try new things. His job as an information technologist for the Veterans Administration “lets me buy yarn and puts food on the table,” Malone said...

With the approval of the new strategic plan for Three Rivers College, the staff plans to work toward a more forward focused approached.

A Poplar Bluff man is to make his first court appearance Thursday after being charged with shooting his mother’s boyfriend in the head. Kayln Trasell Johnson is to appear before Associate Circuit Judge C. Wade Pierce for arraignment. The 22-year-old was charged Wednesday afternoon with the Class A felony of first-degree assault, the unclassified felony of armed criminal action and the Class D felony of unlawful possession of a firearm by Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kacey Proctor...

Robert J. “Bob” Fox, 87, of Patterson, Mo. died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 at the Patterson Assembly of God Church , with the funeral following at 3 p.m. Interment will be in Patterson Cemetery...

Katherine Gatewood, 82, formerly of Piedmont, Mo., died Jan. 10, 2020 in Duck River, Tenn. Visitation will be noon Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel, the funeral follows at 2 p.m. in the Piedmont Chapel. Online condolences can be made atwww.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

Route 53 in Butler and Dunklin County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform drainage repairs.

City firefighters responded to reports of a fire at Godfather's Pizza around 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Missouri’s archery deer and turkey seasons wrapped up Wednesday with a record number of deer taken. While the season’s final harvest numbers can’t be tabulated just yet because hunters can check until 10 p.m., and the conservation department still has to review all the information, it looks like the total will fall somewhere right around 61,700 deer taken...