Stories from Thursday, January 16, 2020

PUXICO — Officials at the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge and adjacent Duck Creek Conservation Area are preparing for a feral hog eradication operation, and both areas are expected to be closed intermittently during the week of Jan. 20-25. During that period, refuge manager Ben Mense said, officials will use a helicopter and aerial gunning in an effort to reduce the numbers of feral hogs on the refuge...

The State of Missouri will conduct a series of public hearings regarding funding awarded to the state by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Public comment will help shape the state’s FY2020 Draft Action Plan and Community Development Block Grant Mitigation Draft Action Plan...

City firefighters responded at 12:17 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, to a carbon monoxide alarm at 1115 Nooney St., owned by Mona Stenga. According to the report, firefighters used a multigas meter to check the residence, and nothing was found. _ City firefighters responded at 8:51 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, to a report of a structure fire at Godfather’s Pizza, 791 N. Westwood Blvd...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 30-year-old Clubb woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 11:52 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, on Highway 34, six miles east of Silva. According to the report, Angela M. Weston was operating a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu westbound when it ran off the right side of the road and overturned multiple times...

City firefighters responded at 8:51 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, to a report of a structure fire at Godfather’s Pizza, 791 N. Westwood Blvd.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The March 1, 2020 deadline is approaching for the Missouri Gaming Association’s 24th annual Project 21 scholarship competition.

Shantel Baranowski is a first grade teacher at Oak Grove Elementary. This is her sixth year as a teacher.

Poplar Bluff High School released information about the November students of the month.

A $500 reward is being offered by Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs for “direct information” leading to the capture of Walter Lee Currie Jr. Currie, whose last known address was in the 500 block of West Harper Street, is wanted in connection with an early Thursday morning shooting on the parking lot of the Motel 6. No one was injured by the rifle rounds allegedly fired by Currie...

Funeral services for Danny Ray Stroup, Jr. of Poplar Bluff will be Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 at 1 p.m. at the Landess Chapel in Malden with Rev. Roger Fowler officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden. Mr. Stroup, Jr. passed away Tuesday in Poplar Bluff...

Robert Dale Hudson, 52, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. He was born Aug. 24, 1967 in Poplar Bluff to the Bobby Gene Hudson and Verna Dean (Osborn) Hudson. He was of the Baptist faith. He had worked for the Butler County Health Department for more than 22 years. He was administrator of the department...

Denzil “Tom” Boone, 81, of Naylor, Mo., passed away Jan. 15, 2020 at his residence. He was born July 21, 1938 in Clarkton, Mo. to the late Ralph Boone and Anna Marie Holder Boone. On May 3, 1956, He was married to Patricia “Pat” Johnson. She survives...

The Poplar Bluff R-I school board approved the creation Thursday of a new administrative position for the alternative school.

A ninth candidate has filed to run in the April 7 election for two at-large seats on the Poplar Bluff City Council. Resident Brent Eason filed Thursday morning, according to city officials. The terms of at-large incumbents Steve Davis and Ron Black are ending, as well as Ward 5 representative Robert Smith...

Greenville Junior High School released its honor roll for the fall 2019 semester.