Stories from Monday, September 28, 2020

A 56-year-old Fisk man was killed while walking on Highway 51, two miles south of Fisk, at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday. According to the report, Melvin D. Wagster, 78, of Holcomb was operating a 2006 GMC pickup southbound when it struck Steven A. Sherwood, who was walking in the road...

Poplar Bluff native Pfc. Noah Justice graduated Sept. 25 from the U.S. Marine Corps recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California. During his training, Justice qualified expert with the rifle. Justice is the son of Eddy and Penny Justice and is a graduate of Westwood Baptist Academy in Poplar Bluff...

The annual fall Brockett Cemetery work day is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 10. Brockett Cemetery is located on Highway 115 between Pocahontas and Maynard and is maintained by donations and volunteer work. The Brockett Cemetery committee wishes to thank all who already have made donations this year. ...

Derland Paul Moore, 68, of Mandeville, Louisiana, died Sept. 24, 2020 at his residence with a battle with cancer. Moore spent 14 years playing in the NFL, all but one with the New Orleans Saints, after earning All-American honors playing at the University of Oklahoma. ...

Gerald Maurice Worley, 86, of Walls, Mississippi, formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Veteran’s Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. Gerald was born July 6, 1934 to Clifton Maurice and Mable Lucille Bland Worley in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He and Anna Sue Hammon were married Feb. 20, 1955, she preceded him in death May 25, 2005...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROLTwo people were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, on Highway 142, 15 miles east of Thayer, in Oregon County. According to the report, Monty A. Hubbard, 66, of Dennison, Texas, was operating a 2018 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound when it crossed the center line and struck a westbound 2015 Nissan head on...

City firefighters responded at 8:20 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, to an alarm at 2512 Stoneridge Drive. It was investigation only. _ City firefighters responded at 7:05 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, to a report of smoke in the area of Davis and Garfield streets. It was investigation only...

FISK, Mo. - Vera Mae “Billie” Arnold, 81, of Broseley, Missouri, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 at Washington County Memorial Hospital, in Potosi, Misssouri. Mrs. Arnold was born Jan. 18, 1939 in Qulin, Missouri to the late Otis Cunningham and Flossie Verda Goodman. In November of 1954 she married Loyd Arnold. He preceded her in death Jan. 5, 2020...

PIEDMONT, Mo. - James D. Sutton, 86, of Piedmont, passed away Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020 at the Northeast Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born June 23, 1934 in Chicago, Ill. Jim was married to Faye Roach Jan. 1, 1954 at Lodi, Missouri and was a longtime resident of Piedmont...

A Butler County man confessed Monday to shooting another man he alleges earlier had stolen a weapon and money from him. Robert Jams Garrette turned himself in at the Butler County Sheriff’s Department late Monday morning, said Chief Deputy Wes Popp...

Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, COVID 19 took the life of Sammie Lee Parks at the Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Sam was born on July 4, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri to Herman “Red” Parks and Ruby (Williams) Parks. Moving back to Poplar Bluff he attended school and graduated in 1966. ...