Stories from Friday, August 21, 2020

Bill Crowder described the remarkable ministry of Joanna Flanders-Thomas in the Our Daily Bread devotional for Aug. 8, 2020. Her extraordinary moving story chronicled the incredible changes God brought to South Africa’s most violent prison. Crowder read her story in the moving book, Vanishing Grace, by award winning author Philip Yancey...

All lanes of Highway 67 are open after an accident involving a dump truck and a passenger car before 9:30 a.m. this morning. It occurred a half mile south of Sears Youth Center, north of Poplar Bluff. First responders are on scene and are in the process of removing the vehicles...

Three Rivers College has been awarded more than $1.6 million over five years to fund the operation of a federal TRiO Student Support Services grant program on the Poplar Bluff campus. The grant begins on Sept. 1. While each five-year funding cycle begins a new program, the TRiO SSS Program has been on the Three Rivers campus for more than 30 years. TRC named the program “ACHIEVE” in 2012...

Kearbey Chapel Cemetery annual meeting will be Saturday, Sept. 12. Lunch will be at noon on the grounds with the meeting following. If the weather is inclement, lunch and the meeting will be in the Bethel Chapel Church, County Road 415. Donations may be mailed to Sandy Emerson, 3372 CR 426, Poplar Bluff, Mo. 63901...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 67-year-old Doniphan man was injured in a motorcycle crash at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, on U.S. 160, one-half mile west of Doniphan. According to the report, Wilhelm J. Stephens was operating a 2003 Honda motorcycle eastbound when it began sliding and overturned...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is in need of cost saving reforms. But this is nothing new. As a matter of fact, over the past 20 years those in charge of the postal service have tried to implement numerous measures to get the USPS back on better financial footing. ...

Lisa Blackman, 57, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Aug. 18, 2020, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Lisa was born on Nov. 10, 1962, to Haywood and Victoria Harris in Poplar Bluff. She and Charley Blackman Jr. were married Sept. 19, 1992...

Jesse Short Jesse Dewayne Short, 60, of Poplar Bluff passed away in his home Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. He was the son of Jessie and Levear Short. He was born Dec. 24, 1959. He was preceded in death by his father, Jessie; son, Charlie; daughter-in-law, Angie; and grandson, Harley...

Animal control The Poplar Bluff Animal Control Advisory Board will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the police department, 1111 Poplar St. HVACR board The Poplar Bluff HVACR Board will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at the city council chambers, 501 S. Fifth St...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Saint Francis Healthcare System’s Heart Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain - MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2020. Saint Francis is one of only 140 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor...

Opal Austin, 99, of Qulin, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020 at Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Austin was born April 26, 1921 in Broseley. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Qulin. She is survived by three sons: James Austin of Hillsboro, Charles Austin of Festus and Delbert (Linda) Austin of Qulin; one daughter: Patricia Childers of Collinsville, Ill.; one sister: Lonabee Worley of Imperial; 21 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, 49 great -great -grandchildren and 1 great-great-great-grandchild.. ...

Kati Ray accepts her a gift basket from Daily American Republic Publisher Chris Pruett for being one of the Difference Maker nominees for 2020.

Difference Maker of the Year, Dave Elledge, accepts his gift basket from Daily American Republic Publisher Chris Pruett.

Daily American Republic Publisher Chris Pruett presents Difference Maker nominee, Pat Jakylovich, with her gift basket.

A man wanted in Arkansas for failing to register as a sex offender was taken into custody Thursday in Poplar Bluff. On July 21, Poplar Bluff police patrolman Cody Trout made contact with Hassel Myers at West Maud Storage, in the 1700 block of West Maud Street...

CAPE GIRARDEAU – Saint Francis Foundation is partnering with the City of Cape Girardeau Police and Fire Departments to launch the lifesaving PulsePoint app in Cape Girardeau. The free mobile app alerts citizens trained in hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when someone in a nearby public place suffers cardiac arrest...

The most recent attempt to give the Missouri Attorney General’s Office concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute cases without local consent again has met with opposition from the state’s elected prosecutors. Gov. Mike Parson proposed giving the AG’s Office the power to prosecute St. Louis homicides during a special session of the Missouri General Assembly...

Kevin Ellis, interim vice president for the Butler County NAACP, approached the Poplar Bluff R-I school board about forming a relationship with the goal of benefiting students.

The Poplar Bluff R-I school board approved a slight decrease in the district’s tax rate Thursday evening after hearing patron comments on other topics.

Kenneth “Kenny” Ray Rommel, 63, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. Kenny was born Sept. 30, 1956 to Archie and Alma Rommel in Peoria, Ill. He married Carol Ann Kellems April 17, 1981 in Poplar Bluff...