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Custom-made game board finds new home at VA (Local News ~ 07/20/20)
The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff recently accepted a custom-made chess/checkers board from Poplar Bluff Monument. The stone was removed from the medical center during a recent renovation and the oversized board will be used as an outdoor activity in the courtyard... -
Puxico man drowns while swimming at Wappapello Lake (Local News ~ 07/20/20)
WAPPAPELLO LAKE -- A day of boating and swimming on Wappapello Lake ended tragically Sunday when a Puxico man drowned. The victim has been identified as Jerry L. Pennington, 55. He was pronounced dead at 7:15 p.m. by Wayne County Coroner Gray Umfleet and is the fourth drowning in Troop E this year... -
Paul Eugene Digges
(Obituary ~ 07/20/20)
Paul Eugene Digges, Jr., son of Paul Eugene Digges, Sr. and Jayne (Sanders) Digges, was born May 20, 1961, in Heidelberg, Germany and departed this life July 17, 2020, at the age of 59 years, 1 month and 27 days. Survivors include his father and mother, Paul and Jayne Digges of Williamsville, Missouri; son, Dustin Paul Digges and Lacey Kesel of Kennett, Missouri; daughter, Coty Dawn Digges of Kennett, Missouri; grandson, Race Anderson Digges; one brother, Michael (Donna) Whitmer of Hornersville, Missouri; along with other relatives and many, many friends.. ...
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Business as usual at local Briggs & Stratton as company sells assets, reorganizes (Local News ~ 07/20/20)
It will be business as usual at the local Briggs & Stratton plant as the manufacturer announced early Monday it’s selling assets and filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization petition. “Briggs & Stratton today announced it has filed voluntary petitions for a court-supervised reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. ... -
PB woman to be arraigned on murder charges (Local News ~ 07/20/20)
A Poplar Bluff woman will appear in a Butler County court Tuesday after she recently was ordered to stand trial for the 2018 death of a man killed during an apparent drug transaction gone wrong. Shanesha Burns is to appear at 1 p.m. before Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett for arraignment on the Class A felony of first-degree murder and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action or in the alternative second-degree murder, also known as felony murder... -
UPDATED: Business as usual at Poplar Bluff facility as Briggs & Stratton files for Chapter 11 reorganization (Local News ~ 07/20/20)
It will be business as usual at the local Briggs & Stratton plant as the manufacturer announced early Monday it’s selling assets and filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization petition. “Briggs & Stratton today announced it has filed voluntary petitions for a court-supervised reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. ... -
Fire reports - July 20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/20/20)
County firefighters responded at 2:13 p.m. Saturday, July 18, to a brush fire at the intersection of Highway W and County Road 504. According to the report, the fire was controlled burn. _ City firefighters responded at 1:41 p.m. Friday, July 17, to a gas line, which a been hit at 3202 Oak Grove Road...
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Wilma King-Jennings (Obituary ~ 07/20/20)
FISK -- Wilma King-Jennings would like to let you know that her work here is done. She received a call, an offer you can’t refuse, for an appointment from which she will not be returning. The assignment comes with a huge sign-on bonus, a reunion with family and friends she has not seen in a long time. There she will patiently wait and watch over all her family and friends till someday, not too soon, to meet again... -
Police reports - July 20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/20/20)
MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 47-year-old Greenville woman was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 12:10 a.m. Monday, July 20, on Highway D, about one mile north of County Road 531 in Wayne County. According to the report, Andrea A. Johnston was operating a 2004 Chrysler Sebring northbound when it ran off the right side of the road. Johnston reportedly overcorrected, which caused her car to run off the left side of the road and strike an embankment...
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Hill is teacher of the year for R-I district, Kindergarten Center (Local News ~ 07/20/20)
Between taking an active role at the Kindergarten Center and caring for every student in her class, Tonya Hill is leaving an impact on the school. -
VA to host telephone training for caregivers of veterans
(Local News ~ 07/20/20)
The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff will offer a special telephone Caregivers FIRST training for caregivers of veterans with physical or cognitive impairments.
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City hiring freeze will keep pool, fitness center open (Local News ~ 07/20/20)
New Poplar Bluff City Manager Matt Winters presented more than $330,000 in budget cuts Monday that attempt to ease some of the pain residents and city employees may have been expecting from these decisions. It institutes a hiring freeze that will leave a police officer position, the city planner spot and four street department positions unfilled for the remainder of the year, but keeps the Black River Coliseum pool and fitness center open... -
Amanda Baert joins U.S. Bank as a wealth management banker (Local News ~ 07/20/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO –U.S. Bank announced that Amanda Baert has joined U.S. Bank as a Wealth Management Banker. Baert will be based in U.S. Bank’s Cape Girardeau N. Kingshighway branch and will cover the Southeast Missouri area. Baert works with a team of banking professionals from U.S. ...
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