Stories from Thursday, October 1, 2020

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 34-year-old Piggott, Arkansas, man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, on Highway 53, one mile south of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, Dustin T. Groves was operating a 2005 Saturn Vue northbound when it ran off the road and struck an embankment...

City firefighters responded at 4:16 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel with lifting and loading a patient at 301 E. Neat St. _ City firefighters responded at 3:44 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, to an alarm at 2049 Greenwood Drive. It was investigation only...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Butler County man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison earlier this week on drug- and weapons-related crimes. Jestin L. Smith, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 120 months on the felonies of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell...

Huxley Jackson Baby Huxley Douglas Jackson met Jesus Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was loved and will be missed by his mother, Sarah Ann Jackson of Piedmont, Missouri; grandparents: Sandy and John Wood of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Richard and Jama Boes of Mercer, Wisconsin; great-grandparents: Jim and Shirley Crutchfield of Poplar Bluff; and aunts: Kelly Redoutey and husband, Richard, of Wentzville, Missouri, Jeannette Townsend and husband, Justin, of Poplar Bluff; uncles, Alex Boes of Mercer, Wisconsin and Joel Wood of Destin, Florida.. ...

PIEDMONT, Mo. — William “Buddy” Middleton, 78, of Wappapello, Missouri, passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at his residence. His loving wife, Susan Middleton, 72, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, Missouri...

While the Patrons of the Arts likely won’t have a season of shows this year, officials with it, Three Rivers College and the Tinnin Fine Arts Center are trying to make the best of a bad situation.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers each hit two home runs and Manny Machado also connected for the San Diego Padres, who rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-9 Thursday night to force a deciding Game 3 in their NL wild-card series...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Butler County man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison earlier this week on drug- and weapons-related crimes. Jestin L. Smith, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 120 months on the felonies of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell...