Stories from Thursday, October 22, 2020

The PB Evolution Travel Soccer Team competed in the 2020 Jackson All-Star Fall Classic Soccer tournament Oct. 17-18 and placed first in their 7th/8th grade bracket. Pictured, from left, (front row) Rowan Gowen, Samantha Dowd, Madyson Kordick, Lyndsay Weaver, Samantha Ruiz, Allie Dees, (back row) Head Coach Mike Anderle, Taryn Kirkley, Morgan Cisne, Mackenzie Isom, Ireland Gowen, Lauren Hobbs, Abby Alexander, Hannah Kee, Assistant Coach Travis Gowen, Assistant Coach Tim Kordick...

Two area residents were seriously injured in separate crashes Wednesday morning. The first crash occurred at 6:10 a.m. on Highway A, two miles north of Williamsville. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Sarah A. Hillis, 24, of Williamsville was operating a 2003 Ford pickup northbound when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a utility pole before overturning...

The North and Middle zone youth duck seasons in Missouri will be held this weekend, and while it doesn’t really seem much like duck hunting time yet, there are plenty of birds around to make for a fun hunt. “I just did a count yesterday, and we had about 23,000,” said Luke Wehmhoff, area manager at the Otter Slough Conservation Area. “We picked up a bunch of birds. I think these couple of cold fronts and all the snow up north is helping us out.”...

PIEDMONT, Mo. — Patrick Wayne Crowley, 51, of Annapolis, Missouri, died Monday, Oct. 20, 2020, at his residence. Visitation is at 9:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 23, at First Assembly of God, Des Arc. Funeral is at 11 a.m., also at the church. Burial following at Mt. View Cemetery...

CURRENTVIEW — The congregation of the Currentview Church of Christ will celebrate its centennial on Sunday. Special activities will begin at 9:30 a.m. with coffee and pastries before Bible study and communion/worship starts at 10:15. There will be a potluck lunch at 12:30 p.m., with histories and memories of the church shared at 2 p.m., followed by singing, fellowship and churchyard fun at 3 p.m...

FREE ACCESS: Butler County voters will see some changes to voting locations on Nov. 3, with longer lines expected at all precincts. Three voting precincts, said County Clerk Tonyi Deffendall, have been moved to different locations for this election. “We moved Ward 1, which was at the Karen West Head Start building, to Memorial Baptist Church’s children’s building at 503 Highway 53. It’s a beautiful building, and I hope they like us being there,” Deffendall said...

FREE ACCESS: With less than two weeks to go before the November general election, Butler County already has exceeded its record for absentee ballots, set in 2004. “We’ve had 1,702 apply for absentee ballots. Out of that, 518 have been in person,” County Clerk Tonyi Deffendall said Thursday. “That includes every absentee, whether it’s been mailed or in person.”...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 77-year-old Millersville woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, on Highway 72, one mile east of Millersville. According to the report, Richard L. Welker, 76, of Millersville was operating a southbound 2016 Chrysler Town and Country van, which was making a left turn and pulled into the path of a 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe being operated westbound by Billy Harris, 56, of Poplar Bluff...

City firefighters responded at 8:27 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, to a report of a structure fire at the intersect on of Valley and Fifth Street. It was investigation only. _ City firefighters responded at 6:31 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, to a report of an unauthorized burn at the intersection of Wilson and Arthur streets...

WAPPAPELLO — A Wappapello man was arrested early Thursday morning in the shooting death of his girlfriend. At about 1:05 a.m., the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department received a call of “shots fired on Pisos Point Road at Wappapello,” said Sheriff Dean Finch. The call, he said, had been made by a neighbor...

QULIN, Mo. — Sharon Faye Wagster Piatt, 75, of Qulin, Missouri, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 at her residence in Qulin. Mrs. Piatt was born Oct. 17, 1945 in Fagus, Missouri to the late Samuel and Marcella Wells. She loved spending time with her family and friends. On Nov. 7, 2011 she married Dewey Piatt; he survives...

We are less than two weeks from the 2020 election, and no one knows who is going to win. Polls suggest that former vice-president Joe Biden is likely to come out on top -- significantly, when it comes to the popular vote -- but we all know what happened in 2016. Against the odds, Donald Trump defied the experts and scored the victory where it mattered most: in the Electoral College...

The Poplar Bluff Police Department will participate in this year’s Prescription Drug Take Back Day.