Stories from Tuesday, September 29, 2020

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 43-year-old Dexter resident was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 6:42 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27, on County Road 275, two miles east of Puxico. According to the report, Jennifer L. Rice was operating a 2001 Pontiac Bonneville northbound when it ran through an intersection and struck a utility pole...

City firefighters responded at 9:54 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel at 211 E. Midland St. According to the report, firefighters assisted EMS in packaging and loading a patient for transport. _ City firefighters responded at 8:56 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, to a small brush fire in the gravel parking lot at 300 Vaden St...

DAHLONEGA, Georgia — Aaron Taylor of Poplar Bluff is among the new cadets to join the Corps of Cadets at the University of North Georgia (UNG) this fall after successful completion of Freshman Recruit Orientation Group (FROG) Week. FROG Week, led by cadets with supervision from the commandant staff, helps transition the incoming cadets to the military lifestyle of the Corps.

Nurse Sydney Sutherland’s Aug. 17 murder in Arkansas continues to impact the region. The 25-year-old was killed while on a jog in a rural area. A suspect has been arrested by authorities and is in custody. Businesswoman and mother Janet McNece has decided to turn her anger over the tragic loss into something positive in the woman’s memory...

Vivian Lee Shular, a 73, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2020 at her residence. Mrs. Shular was born Jan. 28, 1947 in Fisk, Missouri to the late Thomas David and Emma “Agnes” Chandler. Vivian loved cooking and flower gardening. She also enjoyed fishing, camping and the beach. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. On June 14, 1964 she married Leslie Shular; he survives...

VAN BUREN — A Poplar Bluff man preempted his upcoming trial by pleading guilty last week to a sex-related misdemeanor involving a woman who lived at one of his residential care facilities. Mark Keeney was supposed to stand trial Oct. 6 and 7 before Senior Judge John Bloodworth in Carter County on the classified felonies of first-degree sodomy and first-degree rape...

The Margaret Harwell Art Museum is looking for local talent interested in participating in a nearly 70-year tradition. The annual Poplar Bluff Artists’ Guild Regional Juried Art Exhibit will be held in November, according to Steve Whitworth, MHAM director...

Members of Three Rivers Board of REALTORS were recently recognized for their leadership at both the state and local levels. State leadership Missouri REALTORS® recently recognized members for their leadership in RPAC, the REALTORS Political Action Committee...

A Poplar Bluff teenager was injured Monday afternoon when she was a struck by a vehicle in the 2000 block of Barron Road. The 19-year-old, whose name is not being released at this time, was walking between 4:45 and 5 p.m. when she was struck by a vehicle driven by “an older woman,” said Poplar Bluff Police Lt. Josh Stewart...

Randy Berry, 67, of Poplar Bluff died of an apparent heart attack Monday, Sept. 28. He was a Marine Corp. veteran. He is survived by his brother, Stan Berry of Poplar Bluff. Private funeral services will be held at a later date at the Veteran’s Cemetery in Bloomfield...

The Butler County Health Department has scheduled several flu shot clinics throughout October. The flu shots, according to Amanda Fitzwater, are free to all county residents. The first clinic will be held Oct. 15 and 16 at the department’s office, located at 1619 N. Main St...

James A.B. Halcomb, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, our father and grandfather, passed away and has gone home to his Heavenly Father Sept. 24, 2020, rejoining his dear wife Margaret, and parents, James Felix Halcomb and Vivian Thedosia Rowton. James was born in Kennett, Missouri June 26, 1926. ...

Charles LeRoy Vert, 81, of Wappapello, passed away Sept. 26, 2020, to join his wife Shelby Jean in heaven. Charles is survived by three daughters, a son, two sisters and many grand and great-grandchildren. The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel with his grandson Pastor Timothy Fordyce officiating. Burial will be at Kinsey Cemetery...

Patriots who want to show support for the United States, the military and law enforcement are invited to attach a U.S. flag to their vehicle and join an Old Glory Flag Run on Saturday. The run participants will begin lining up at 11 a.m. at the Black River Coliseum, 301 S. Fifth St., with the group leaving around noon to travel to Cape Girardeau...

The response deadline for the 2020 Census changed again Monday evening to Oct. 5.