Stories from Tuesday, July 28, 2020

To the Editor: As a patriotic conservative and Trump supporter, I think you would be hard-pressed to find a right that is more uniquely American than our right to bear arms. Our founding fathers recognized the right and the need for the populace to be armed. People have a right to defend themselves and their property from all those who would do it harm...

BOLIVER, Mo. — On Monday, July 6 Randy Ray Urich, 59, went to be with the Lord after suffering from a brain aneurysm. Randy is survived by his wife of 40 years, Karen (Brown) Urich; his children Brandon, Bryant, and Brittany and three grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Sharon White of Texas and mother-in-law, Darlene McNeelis of Poplar Bluff...

Marvine Joplin, 94, departed this life on July 26, 2020. Mrs. Joplin was born in Doniphan on April 5, 1926, to the late Ethel (Smithson) and Marvin Guilliams. Her father, Marvin Guilliams, was a teacher, and she attended her first two years in the rural schools where he taught. She entered third grade at the Doniphan School and graduated from Doniphan High School with the class of 1943...

FORT BRANCH, Ind. -- Shirley J. Black, 90, of Haubstadt, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2020, at River Oaks Health Campus in Princeton, Indiana. She was born to the late Robert and Effie (Bell) Green on Aug. 10, 1929, in Van Buren, Missouri...

County firefighters responded at 12:24 p.m. Monday, July 27, to a vehicle fire on South Westwood Boulevard at Linwood. According the report, the fire damaged the bed of a 2014 Chevrolet pickup, owned by Roger Alford. _ City firefighters responded at 10:15 a.m. Monday, July 27, to a fire involving equipment at McCoy’s Scrap Processing, 635 S. 6th Street...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 51-year-old Dexter man was injured in a four-vehicle crash at 1:22 p.m. Monday, July 27, on County Road 717, one mile north of Dexter. According to the report, Myron S. Vanover was operating a 1999 GMC pickup northbound when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a southbound 1998 Dodge pickup, which then struck a southbound 2008 Freightliner...

Under a new order from the Missouri Supreme Court, face masks will be required and courts will be required to revert back to greater restrictions if any court employee tests positive for COVID-19. The Supreme Court issued an order last week, which modified its earlier operational directives to further guide courts in establishing local precautionary measures to help combat the spread of COVID-19 while also remaining open to conduct business...

Georgia Price, 81, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, transitioned on July 24, 2020. Georgia was born on March 10, 1939, to the late George and Martha Kincade in Grenada County, Mississippi. She married James Lee Price in 1964. He preceded her in death July 5, 2016...

Vicki Susan Young (Miss Vicki) of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Sunday, July 26, 2020, at the young age of 67 at her home. Vicki was born July 8, 1953, and was preceded in death by her parents, Pete and Christine Thacker of Topeka, Kansas. She is survived by her husband, Dr. ...

Monday’s Games CIVIC LEAGUE TOURNAMENT The Beards 9, Shooter’s Shack 8 Las Margarita’s 4, Mossy Oak 1 Sterling 9, The Beards 6 Costello’s 6, Las Margarita’s 3 LITTLE LEAGUE Sport Clips 8, Swafford’s 6 First Midwest 10, R&T Auto 4...

NEELYVILLE -- After discussions with local health officials, the Neelyville R-IV school district released it’s three-part return to learn plan Tuesday morning focused on getting students back in the classroom.