Stories from Friday, February 14, 2020

Faye Delores Miller, 85, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Faye was born on May 8, 1934 in Lutesville, Mo., the daughter of Herbert and Ethel (Elledge) Crites. On Aug. 22, 1952, she married Robert Ferrell Miller in Essex, Mo. Together they shared more than 60 years of marriage before his passing Aug. 20, 2013...

Helen Louise Becker, 73, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Riverways Manors in Van Buren, Mo. A longtime resident of Missouri, Mrs. Becker passed away following a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband, Larry Becker; her children, Kristy Jackson and husband, Brian, Misty Becker and Wendell Morgan, Scott Becker and wife, Nancy, David White and Larry White; three sisters, Janet McAllister, Velma Tuschhoff and Joyce Kokesh. ...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Douglas E. Roark, 51, of Ellsinore was arrested at 1:26 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, on suspicion of DWI. He was booked at the Wayne County Jail. _ A 47-year-old Dexter woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, on Highway AB, six miles east of Essex...

City firefighters responded at 1:26 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, to a report of smoke inside the 615 N. D St., owned by Cassandra Austin. According to the report, upon entry of the residence, firefighters found light smoke in the kitchen and located an extension cord that was overheating. It was investigation only...

Poplar Bluff Fire Chief Ralph Stucker remains in critical condition after undergoing surgery early Friday morning to remove a blood clot that was obstructing his breathing. “He’s doing much better; he’s breathing on his own,” Stucker’s wife, Pam, said Friday afternoon. “His vitals are good.”...

Dear Editor Farley: I am Lt. Cmdr. Robert Burgett, USN, Retired. I served in the United States Navy for 30 years active duty. During Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I was on a 430 day mission assigned to Multi-National Security Transition Command Iraq (MNSTC-I) Baghdad Iraq as a part of the 2007 United States military surge to develop, train and equip the Ministry of Interior (MOI) Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) /Iraqi Police to be capable of sustaining security in their country.. ...

Albert Leo Dalton, 89, passed from this life surrounded by family at St. Louis University Hospital Feb. 13, 2020. Ab, as he loved to be called, was born Jan. 12, 1931 in Hendrickson, Mo. He was the son of Lee and Mabel Dalton. On March 24, 1962, he married Elsie Durrow. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Juanita Terry, brothers Bobby Dalton and Eugene Dalton, and daughter Sherry Dalton...

Donna Ahrent Donna Kathleen Ahrent, 86, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She married Dale Richard Ahrent on Dec. 30, 1961. He survives. Survivors include a daughter Kathleen McRill of Fayetteville, Ark.; and many nieces, nephews and cousins...

Jurial Orbin (J.O.) Barnett, 85 of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. J.O. was born on Sept. 4, 1934 in Arlberg, Ark., the son of Alfred James and Vernia Belle (Mcmurtry) Barnett. On June 28, 1959 he married Bonnie Corrine Ivy at Lone Hill Baptist Church in Butler County, Mo. Together the have shared over 60 years of marriage...

In an effort to help the community prepare for earthquakes, state and national leaders will hold an educational presentation next week for the public.

City council The Poplar Bluff City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the city council chambers at 301 S. Fifth St. Items on the workshop agenda include: • Annexation of 9.64 acres of North Street, south of Kanell Boulevard and east of the Highway 67 bypass...

Country music performer Neal McCoy stopped Friday afternoon to speak with veterans at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center ahead of a performance Friday night in Poplar Bluff. McCoy is the headline performer of the 10th annual VAlentines for Veterans concert.

Jamie Ketcherside and Adam Miller, both of Wappapello, Mo., are the parents of a daughter named Skyler Epiphany Miller born at 9:17 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 at Poplar Buff Regional Medical Center. She weighed 5 pounds and 13 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long...

Last week we celebrated the end of the brazen, high-handed attempt to unseat our duly elected president. I am proud of our two U.S. senators, Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, for seeing through the baseless, partisan accusations that have effectively ground the legislative business of our federal government to a halt...

Southern Missouri has a feral hog problem. Since the mid 1990s, when a few individuals thought it would be nice to offer guided pig hunts and turned some loose on the landscape, feral hogs have been popping up in places they’ve never been seen before...

Sacred Heart Catholic School released the second quarter honor roll. “A” Honor Roll: First Grade: McLane Cauthen John Clausen Jameson Dvorak Dulio Garcia Emanuel Garcia Ava Hensley Sarrena Krizman Luke McCollough Finley Papanicolaou Mollie Parks Matheson Pestillos...

First Semester “A” Honor Roll Third Grade: Brenden Adams JW Adams Annabella Anderson Alexis Daughhetee Kaylee Digges Maddux Dobbins Gracie Gillespie Sonny Hanna Bastian Mann Rylee Pickard Ben Rapert Claire Richardson Kourage Robison Molly Rush Chloe Turner...

The annual VAlentines for Vets concert has been called the biggest annual event in Poplar Bluff — and for good reason, as it is a free concert that is a thank you to those who have served the U.S. in the Armed Forces.