Stories from Thursday, August 27, 2020

A 63-year-old Puxico woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at 5:24 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, on Highway 51 at County Road 254. According to the report, a 16-year-old Puxico resident was operating a 2017 Jeep Wrangler westbound when it failed to yield to a 2002 Ford Mustang being driven northbound by Nellie N. Greenlee...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 31-year-old Bernie woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, on Highway 25, one mile south of Malden. According to the report, Javana M. McClatchey, 28, of Bernie was operating a 2006 Chevrolet pickup northbound when her truck was struck as she attempted to make a left turn in front of a 2006 Saturn Vue being driven southbound by Nicole L. Ford...

City firefighters responded at 1:13 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, to an alarm at 1801 W. Maud St. It was investigation only. _ City firefighters responded at 7:38 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, to a report of a grass fire at 702 N. Riverview Drive. According to the report, firefighters found an small brush fire, which was attended...

The Three Rivers College Championship College Rodeo, presented by Sterling Pharmacy and Sikeston Convalescent Center, will be held Oct. 15 – 17. The event, co-hosted by the Sikeston Jaycees, will be held at the Art Saunders Arena at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds. The TRC Championship College Rodeo was named 2019-20 Rodeo of the Year by members of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s Ozark Region...

John E. Durrow, 73, of Williamsville, passed away Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, graveside at Rucker Cemetery in Taskee, Missouri. the funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Online condolences can be made at www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Washington University saliva test for the coronavirus has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday. The St. Louis-area university worked with biotechnology company Fluidigm to develop the test, which allows people to collect their own testing samples by spitting into small tubes. Test results are available in a few hours...

DONIPHAN — The results of a hand recount of the August primary ballots cast in the race for Ripley County sheriff widen Mike Barton’s margin of victory to two votes. “We started this morning at nine; we finished at about 12:15, and the judge has already entered his order making (the results) official,” said Ripley County Clerk Becky York early Thursday afternoon. “The election recount findings are candidate Mike Barton received 1,309 votes, and candidate Richie Phillips received 1,307 votes...

Shoppers from the Poplar Bluff region pushed Academy Sports + Outdoors into the top 10 sales tax collectors for the city after less than two years of operation. Academy ranked ninth on the list by the end of 2019, according to information compiled by the city of Poplar Bluff...

WAPPAPELLO — The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake, in partnership with Wayne County Historical Society, Wappapello Lake Area Association and Crowley’s Ridge Black Powder Club, is proud to announce the following schedule of activities for the 29th Annual Old Greenville Days to be held Sept. ...

A teenager’s love for animals is helping injured and sick pets at the Poplar Bluff Animal Shelter. After 17-year-old Poplar Bluff High School student Jarron Terrence Lamar Williams passed away Sept. 7, 2019, his friends decided to help his mother, Tanya Williams, purchase his tombstone...

Students of all kinds are returning to classes as schools in the area reopen. This includes the adult students at the MERS Goodwill Excel Center, who are taking classes to earn their high school diplomas.