Stories from Friday, May 1, 2020

Since Major League Baseball is starting late this year, I decided to share a baseball story. Cincinnati fans who attended the opening game of the 1954 season watched as their beloved Redlegs beat the Milwaukee Braves 9-8. Fans were delighted by the win and took special notice of Jim Greengrass, who amazed fans by hitting not one, two or three doubles, but a total of four in the first game of the year. It was a sensational debut to the 1954 season!...

A 74-year-old Poplar Bluff woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at 9:41 a.m. Thursday, April 30, on Highway M, three miles west of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, Nelda A. Harris was operating a 2006 Chrysler eastbound when it crossed the center line and struck a 2012 Ford Escape being driven westbound by Welma L. Cure, 70, of Doniphan...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Terry D. Weaver, 39, of Ellington was arrested at 11:06 p.m. Thursday, April 30, in Reynolds County on suspicion of DWI, failure to drive on the right half of the road, no child restraint and expired registration. He was booked at the Carter County Sheriff’s Department and released...

City firefighters responded at 8:57 p.m. Thursday, April 30, to a report of a structure fire with people trapped inside on Walnut Street. According to the report, firefighters found an unauthorized burn on South D Street and used 50 gallons of water to put it out...

As Missouri lifts its stay-at-home order, Three Rivers College will reopen its facilities to faculty and staff members on May 4, TRC President Dr. Wesley Payne has announced.

POCAHONTAS, Ark — The Katie Blankenship Kirby Scholarship has been awarded to Practical Nursing students Sierra Ring of Cardwell and Shania Wheeley of Pocahontas.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Ethan Anderson of Poplar Bluff received the 2020 University of Missouri Award for Academic Distinction. Every year, MU recognizes 15 students who have gone above and beyond expectations to contribute to the academic atmosphere on campus.

Black River Technical College TOPSS welding student, Christopher Zitzelberger, recently earned the Silver Career Readiness Certificate.

A Poplar Bluff man will learn on Tuesday afternoon what his sentence is for the 2018 death of another man, who died as the result of a “fight that got out of control.” Skylar Thomas Carter appeared earlier in the week before Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett for sentencing, but at the conclusion of that hearing, the judge took the case under advisement...

It might not be exactly business as usual for restaurants come Monday when the state of Missouri allows customers to dine in for the first time in nearly a month, but it will be close. Employees will be wearing face coverings and gloves, there will be fewer seats available to promote social distancing and no self-serve buffets to help prevent the spread of COVID-19...

It looks likely that there will be summer baseball and softball leagues for youth and adults. Lanny Corcimiglia, Director of Parks and Recreation, said that pending approval at Monday's board meeting, the parks department will open up playgrounds and start accepting registration for summer leagues...

The Neelyville R-IV school district will continue with its plan to put on a virtual graduation May 9 for high school seniors. A traditional ceremony will tentatively take place on June 6.