Stories from Thursday, October 29, 2020

The first segment of Missouri’s youth deer season will be open Saturday and Sunday, just in time to catch increased buck movement as the rut starts ramping up. The hunt is open to hunters age 6 through 15 on opening day of the season. Shooting hours will be one-half hour before sunrise until one-half hour after sunset...

Murray Hammond, Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation horticulturist, successfully received his Aquatic Facility Operator Certification from the National Recreation & Park Association on October 7. Hammond has been employed with Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation for three and one-half years. ...

A flood watch remains in effect for the area after nearly 3 inches of rain fell from Wednesday into Thursday, with more precipitation expected. The Poplar Bluff Regional Business Airport reported the heaviest amount, 1.65 inches, fell between 8 p.m. Wednesday and 1 a.m. Thursday. Close to another inch fell before 7 a.m...

A 57-year-old Broseley man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, on U.S. 60, two miles west of Dexter. According to the report, Darryl W. King was operating a Case backhoe northbound when it pulled into the path of and was struck by a 2010 Peterbilt tractor being driven eastbound by Davied E. Kull, 56, of West Plains...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Frank Lance Davis, 45, of the 500 block of Oak Street was booked at the Butler County jail Wednesday, Oct. 28, on a warrant for possession of a controlled substance. _ Lindsay Taylor Fears, 21, of El Dorado, Missouri, was booked at the Butler County jail Wednesday, Oct. 28, on a capias warrant for probation violation on an original charge of possession of a controlled substance...

City firefighters responded at 7:06 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, to a motor-vehicle crash at the intersection of 11th and Pine streets. According to the report, firefighters assisted emergency-medical-services personnel with their patients and cleared debris from the road. Firefighters remained on the scene until the vehicles were removed...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School Board approved a mask requirement for grades 4-12 at a specially called board meeting Thursday afternoon. The requirement goes into place Monday as then will be the next day the district is in class. Dr. Scott Dill, superintendent, brought the issue to the board after growing concern on the number of students, especially at the high school, currently positive or in contact trace...

In Ripley County, if you want to get tested for the novel coronavirus, your options are limited. It’s been two years since the county’s hospital closed its doors. An urgent care clinic that offers COVID tests has opened in its place, but it’s only open weekdays. ...

A Bloomfield art teacher has won Best of Show at the 67th Annual Poplar Bluff Artists’ Guild Regional Juried Art Exhibit. “Pulling Together” by Lesley Eby was selected for the top honor, according to Margaret Harwell Art Museum Director Steve Whitworth...

PIGGOTT, Ark. — Thelma Eldridge, 73, of Piggott, Arkansas, passed away Oct. 27, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was born on Nov. 14, 1946, in Naylor, Missouri, and was the daughter of John and Mamie (Summers) Shephard...

The availability of attorneys and staff in the coming days will dictate whether Butler County’s courts operate as scheduled. Associate Circuit Judge C. Wade Pierce’s Thursday criminal docket was canceled after a regular participant in court proceedings tested positive for COVID-19...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge refused to intervene Wednesday to keep open a Missouri lab that handled coronavirus tests for about 2,500 nursing homes in 11 states after the federal government suspended the lab for what it alleged were serious violations that put patients’ health at risk...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School Board approved a mask requirement for grades 4-12 at a specially called board meeting Thursday afternoon.