Stories from Wednesday, October 7, 2020

This 80th annual National Newspaper Week is a recognition of the service of newspapers and their employees across North America and is sponsored by Newspaper Association Managers. _ In a year of fighting a global pandemic, historic protests for racial equality, and the rapidly approaching presidential election, America needs journalists to bring them critical reporting. ...

A ribbon cutting is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at Family Matters Adult Dayhab Center and The Lair Event Center located at 13583 Old Hwy. 25 (formerly the Eagles Lodge) in Dexter. The public will be able to tour both Family Matters Dayhab and The Lair Event Center following the ribbon cutting ceremony. The facilities will remain open until 6 p.m. and refreshments will be available throughout the day...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two area men were injured in a three-vehicle crash at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, on U.S. 160, seven miles east of Fairdealing. According to the report, Wilburn R. Kelley, 73, of Doniphan was operating an eastbound 2018 Chevrolet pickup when it turned into the path of a 2010 Cadillac CTS being driven westbound by Jerry L. Warren, 35, of Ellsinore...

City firefighters responded at 9:03 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, to an alarm at 445 N. Second St. According to the report, Jordon Lowell told firefighters there had been a small kitchen fire in his apartment, which was out, but there was a lot of smoke in the hallway...

Charles H. Chatman Sr., 73, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his family. Mr. Chatman was born June 22, 1947 in Harviell, son of the late James B. and Imogene Chatman. On Jan. 16, 1965 he was married to Evelyn Greenwood. She survives...

There are two bass tournaments scheduled locally this weekend, and each will wrap up the 2020 season for its respective series. The first, and likely largest, will be the Wappapello Bass Circuit’s two-day Classic event, to take place Saturday and Sunday...

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports low levels of hemorrhagic disease (HD) in deer around the state. HD is a naturally occurring virus that infects deer through the bite of a native midge fly. It is common in Missouri between July and October when the insect that spreads it is most active...

Kimberly Davis, 57, of Poplar Bluff died Oct. 3, 2020 at her residence. She was born June 11, 1963 in Senath, Missouri to Laudie and Shirley Davis. She was a homemaker, loved fishing, but most of all spending time with her children and grandchildren...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Ripley County man was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison Wednesday morning on drug- and weapons-related offenses. John C. Lovell was sentenced to 63 months on the felonies of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime by U.S. District Judge Steven A. Clark, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office...

A Sikeston man was arrested locally Tuesday afternoon when he arrived for what he thought was to be a meeting with a teenaged girl. Poplar Bluff Police Department Detective Danny Hicks learned Tuesday of an ongoing online conversation between the Facebook profile of a 13-year-old female and the Facebook profile of a 49-year-old male, Lt. Josh Stewart said in a press release...

The Poplar Bluff community becomes passionately pink during October in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For 10 years, the Poplar Bluff High School Student Council has strived to have the stadium filled with football fans dressed in pink for the annual Pink Out game, which this year will be held Friday, when the Mules take on the Cape Central Tigers...

Prayers and protocol are ways to help COVID-19 patients, frontline workers stressed at the Wednesday briefing conducted by Butler County Emergency Management Agency Director Robbie Myers A total of 28 new cases were reported in Butler County on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 916. Of the number, 715 have recovered. There have been a total of 11 deaths...