Stories from Thursday, September 10, 2020

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to welcome Bradley R. Beran, DO, FAWM, to the emergency department. Beran attended Southeast Missouri State University for his undergraduate schooling from 2009-2013. He went on to attend medical school at Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa, from 2013-2017. ...

BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County officials have distributed about 10% of the funds allotted to them after the passage of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March. The county received $3,405,212 in federal funds and has, so far, handed out $344,993 of it, according to Richland R-I School Superintendent Frank Killian, who helps oversee the county’s applications for funding...

Casual U. Banks, 41, of the 800 block of Valley was arrested at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at Ferguson Grove Park on suspicion of unlawful possession of a firearm. Banks was booked at the Butler County jail. _ Tyler G. Henson, 23, of the 200 block of Elm was arrested at 2:29 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, on Elm Street on a failure to appear warrant for possession of amphetamines. He was booked at the Butler County jail...

Fisk students will recognize first responders Friday morning on the anniversary of 9/11 with a breakfast and assembly.

Ripley County Health Center director Jan Morrow and coroner Mike Jackson are saddened to announce the death of a Ripley Couny resident who suffered from COVID-19 among other underlying conditions. The announcement was made early Thursday morning. “We extend our condolences and keep this person’s loved ones in our thoughts and prayers,” Morrow and Jackson said in a press released...

It’s been 19 years since terrorists high-jacked planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon, killing thousands of civilians and first responders.

One person is in custody after Poplar Bluff police responded to a call at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday of a man brandishing a firearm toward others at Ferguson Grove Park. The man was described as a Black male with a gray shirt and blue pants, and upon arriving in the area, Cpl. T.J. Akers saw a subject matching that description...