Stories from Friday, September 4, 2020

The Poplar Bluff Serenity Group of Alcoholics Anonymous is celebrating the 75th year of the recovery organization’s continuous presence in Poplar Bluff. Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in June 1935 in Akron, Ohio, when Bill Wilson, a New York stockbroker, and Dr. Robert (Bob) Smith, an Akron physician, began the first group to help alcoholics work through a program of recovery now known as the 12 Steps...

The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to remind the public that driver examination stations throughout the state will be closed on the following date on Monday in observance of Labor Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday.

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Poplar Bluff man faces up to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to shoplift ammo from a local sporting goods store by hiding it under his coat. Christopher A. Darnell pleaded guilty Thursday as charged to the felony of possession of stolen ammunition before U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr., said Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 47-year-old Piedmont man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 6:55 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, on Highway 21, five miles north of Doniphan. According to the report, Donald S. Bailey was operating a 2011 Chevrolet pickup southbound when it ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree...

City firefighters responded at 8:14 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, to a report of an unauthorized burn in the 900 block of Nooney Street. According to the report, firefighters found a fire burning unattended behind 922 Nooney St. and used 10 gallons of water to put out the fire...

Everyday it feels like the news happening all around us is occurring in some alternate universe or far off country. Mob rule, violence, rioting, looting, assaults and even murder. At night, different parts of our country burn not because of social justice, that’s just the veil these violent criminals hide behind, but because of their hatred towards America and their belief that there will be no consequences for their actions...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Emily Rhodes-Griffith, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC to the hospitalist department. Rhodes-Griffith is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in adult gerontology, acute care nurse practitioner...

Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Nicholas A. Ervin, MSN, APRN, FNP-C to Saint Francis palliative care program. Ervin is board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Ervin attended Southeast Health College of Nursing, earning his associate degree in nursing from 2011-2013. ...

Lorene McKeller, 85, of Essex, Missouri, daughter of Theodore Lee and Bernice Walker Clark, was born in Essex Jan. 26, 1935, and passed away in Malden, Missouri. Sept. 1, 2020. Lorene worked for Purolator Manufacturer. Her interests were sewing and cooking for her family. She lived in Essex most of her life...

NEELYVILLE — Peggy Harrelson 54, of Doniphan, Missouri, passed away Sept. 3, 2020, at her residence. Visitation will be Monday Sept. 7, 2020, starting at 10 a.m., with the funeral following at 11 a.m. in the Fowler and Sons Funeral Home of Neelyville, Missouri. Burial will be in the Kinsey Cemetery near Harviell, Missouri...

Frank Jessie Wallace, 47, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. departed this life on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 at his residence. He was born Oct. 6, 1972 to Robert and Olivia Wallace in Poplar Bluff. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Wallace Sr.; a brother, Dennis King; and a son, Jaylan Wallace...

Sue Crider McDowell, 76, of Keller, Texas, formerly of Bella Vista Arkansas, passed away at the T. Boone Pickens Hospice Center in Dallas, Texas August. Sue was born Dec. 3, 1943 to John and Pauline (Jackson) Crider in St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating from William McKinley High School, she went on to study real estate earning her Real Estate and Brokers licenses. With her varied interests and entrepreneurial spirit she built several successful businesses over the years...

The Poplar Bluff Serenity Group of Alcoholics Anonymous is celebrating the 75th year of the recovery organization’s continuous presence in Poplar Bluff. Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in June 1935 in Akron, Ohio, when Bill Wilson, a New York stockbroker, and Dr. Robert (Bob) Smith, an Akron physician, began the first group to help alcoholics work through a program of recovery now known as the 12 Steps...

“Wake up America. Your silence is deafening. This is real“ were a few of the repetitive chants shouted Friday from the Black River Coliseum parking lot. Poplar Bluff and Doniphan parents describing themselves as protestors gathered shortly before noon to rally friends and neighbors to become more aware of human trafficking and pedophilia...

Divorces recently finalized in Butler County Circuit Court include: Dennis Johnson v. Rachel Johnson; George M. Wallis v. Lyndsay R. Crawford; Brady Folbre v. Brittany Folbre; Stacia R. Eichele v. Jeffery L. Eichele Sr.; Grant B. Richardson v. Morgan D. Parr;...

The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff will offer a special telephone SAVE training for caregivers of veterans on Sept. 14 from 10-11 a.m.

Southeast Missouri counties continue to distribute funds allocated to them from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law in March.

The application deadline for the Three Rivers College Day LPN-RN Bridge Program in Poplar Bluff and LPN-RN Bridge Program at TRC-Sikeston is Nov. 2. This deadline was previously Dec. 1