Stories from Thursday, May 14, 2020

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 94-year-old Poplar Bluff man was injured in a scooter crash at 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, on the South Outer Road, one-half mile north of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, William E. Harty was operating a 2016 Kymeco scooter westbound when he lost control, causing it to overturn...

City firefighters responded at 8:13 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, to report of an outlet behind a microwave arcing at the 2241 S. Broadway residence occupied by Shanghi Dudley. According to the report, firefighters checked the outlet with the department’s thermal-imaging camera and no heat was found in or around the outlet...

The Poplar Bluff Municipal Library will begin curbside service at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, following a Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday schedule. Library staff are taking progressive steps and are accepting materials to begin curbside service. This allows staff to quarantine items, reshelve, and prepare items for safe checkout for our patrons. These services, including returning items through the outside book drop, continue...

Brooke Elizabeth and Roy Jackson Bolen are the parents of two children born March 3, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center’s Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau. Their son, Ulysses Andrew Jackson Bolen, was born at 10:44 a.m.. He was a 5 lbs. 3 oz., and 19 inches in length...

SIKESTON — Route 53 in Butler County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform drainage repairs. This section of roadway is located from County Road 309 to County Road 311. Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, May 18 through Thursday, May 21 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily...

The Missouri Department of Transportation recently awarded Collins & Hermann Inc. of St. Louis two contracts for guard rail and guard cable work in its Southeast District, which encompasses Poplar Bluff, Dexter and other municipalities. The contracts, one worth $1.75 million and the other $309,000, will pay for guard rail and cable repairs as need arises over the next year...

After retiring to the banks of the Black River following a 40-year career as an assistant prosecutor, Dwight Warren was back in the courtroom on Thursday in Butler County. Warren, 70, was sworn in Wednesday as the county’s newest, full-time assistant prosecutor and “hit the ground running” Thursday in Associate Circuit Judge C. Wade Pierce’s courtroom...

Allen D. Morris, 84, of Wappapello, formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at his residence in Wappapello. A full obituary will be posted at www.cotrellfuneralservice.com.

Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday he has begun steps to request federal disaster assistance after the state experienced severe storms and tornadoes at the beginning of the month.

As COVID-19 spread around the state, school districts made the tough decision to keep students home — a decision made effective for the rest of the school year by Gov. Mike Parson.

The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center (PBTCC) announced that the following students were selected and recently inducted into the PBTCC National Technical Honor Society.

POCAHONTAS, Ark — The Arkansas Division of Higher Education (ADHE) approved for Black River Technical College to offer the Associate of General Studies completely online.