Stories from Wednesday, September 16, 2020

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 24-year-old Parma woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, on Highway D, seven miles west of Parma. According to the report, Shannon M. Woods was operating a westbound 2014 Ford pickup, which was stopped in the road and was struck in the rear by a 2001 Freightliner being driven by Taylor M. Weaver, 22, of Dexter...

City firefighters responded at 6:24 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, to a possible natural gas leak at the 2025 Glendale Road residence owned by Cathy Burke. According to the report, firefighters smelled gasoline and found an overturned fuel jug in the garage...

BLOOMFIELD — Alice Cornelia “Connie” Shanks, age 94, of Bloomfield went home to be with her Lord Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Connie was a faithful member of the First Baptist Church of Bloomfield, where she loved life and taking care of others through her cooking and caring ways. Her life was spent loving her family and her church family...

What is digital evidence? Where can it be found? Those were questions Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kacey Proctor and Poplar Bluff Police Detective Danny Hicks answered earlier this month during a presentation on digital evidence at the statewide prosecutors’ annual meeting and statewide training at Lake of the Ozarks...

WAPPAPELLO — Richard Lee Pallett of Wappapello, Missouri, passed away Friday, Sept. 11, at Mark Twain Caring Center at the age of 87. Mr. Pallett was born Nov. 4, 1932 in Callaway, Nebraska, son of the late Theodore Pallett and Millie Day (nee Lowery). He attended Lake Wappapello United Methodist Church for many years...

Missouri’s archery deer season is off to a strong start. After just more than 24 hours, hunters across the state had taken 767 deer. That’s pretty good considering the mid-week opener. Just more than a third of that number comprised antlered bucks taken, with the rest being does and a small percentage of button bucks...

CARTER COUNTY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that a Scott County woman has been charged with illegally shooting a cow elk in Carter County in November 2019 and abandoning the carcass with no meat or other parts of the animal taken...

In response to requests from local pharmacies, Three Rivers College developed a new program focused on bridging the gap in patient care.

JEFFERSON CITY – Governor Mike Parson has signed Executive Order 20-16, extending the mobilization of the Missouri National Guard through Dec. 30. This will allow the National Guard to continue assisting in the state’s COVID-19 response efforts. “The National Guard has played a major role in supporting state and community response efforts, including COVID-19 testing support, supply and equipment transportation, and meal distribution just to name a few,” Parson said. ...

The United Cancer Assistance Network’s annual Sarah White Walk will not take place this year, Executive Director Melody Chailland announced Monday. “I write with a very heavy heart, after many discussions about the UCAN walk, the board of directors and myself have decided in the best interest of all our cancer patients and survivors that we don’t have the event this year,” Chailland said...

By BARBARA ANN HORTON Staff Writer Saddle your horses or dust off your hiking boots and step back in history at the 31st annual benefit Trail Ride for Haven House Saturday, Sept. 19, at Black River Ranch in Poplar Bluff, which is about 10 minutes from downtown...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School District, in partnership with Chartwells, is excited to announce that school meals will be free to all students through the end of the semester on Friday, Dec. 18, or longer, as Congressionally appropriated funding is made available.

In the spirit of giving back during its one-year anniversary, Blaich Family Dentistry made a $1,500 donation to Poplar Bluff Junior High in a return-to-school raffle.