Stories from Friday, November 6, 2020

Spire is offering two new financial assistance options for Missouri customers who have been struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic. The natural gas provider is offering up to $400 in assistance for Missouri customers who have been furloughed or experienced job or income loss and have an outstanding balance on their Spire account...

OK, you can breathe now. The election is over. Time to get some things into perspective. Did anyone notice that this past Sunday was All Saints Day? Yes, Nov. 1 is the day where we honor those who have gone to their reward before us. We honor those who have stayed true to Christ regardless of what was going on in the world...

Dr. Jim Denison described his visit to the Dallas Holocaust Museum in his Feb. 2, 2018, daily commentary. He told of an incredible story that was featured in the museum at the time. He was so moved by it he bought Marion Schreiber’s, The Twentieth Train, in the museum’s bookstore...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania vote counters edged closer to wrapping up their tallies Friday, with mail-in votes giving Democrat Joe Biden a narrow lead in the fight for the state's cache of 20 electoral votes. Republican President Donald Trump needs to pull off a repeat of his 2016 victory in Pennsylvania to have a shot at reelection...

Benjamin “Sonny” Tanksley Jr., 68, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away suddenly from a massive heart attack Nov. 4, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Sonny was born Aug. 20, 1952 to the late Benjamin and Lottie (Watson) Tanksley in Poplar Bluff. He married his beloved wife Angela “Angie” Tanksley July 27, 1986 in Clarkton, Missouri...

The Broseley Senior Center, which has been closed for precautionary reasons because of COVID-19, will reopen Monday. Breakfast is served from 6 a.m. - 9 a.m. Monday - Friday. Lunch Monday - Thursday is from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Friday from 10:30 a.m.- 12.30 p.m...

John Fredrick Uebelein of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, at the age of 87. After several months of declining health, John died peacefully at Oakdale Caring Center. He spent his final hours with his wife and two adult children by his side in prayer and reflection on a life well spent...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 19-year-old Poplar Bluff resident was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 5:04 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, on Highway 2, two miles north of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, Cole L. Emmons was operating a 2007 Toyota pickup southbound when it ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree...

City firefighters responded at 6:29 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel with unloading their patient at 301 E. Neat St. _ County firefighters responded at 3:48 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, to a field fire at 2278 County Road 272...

The state’s Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission has taken an extensive look at law enforcement training and discipline in recent months and has voted to require more training in de-escalation techniques and recognizing bias. The POST Commission and the Department of Public Safety asked Missourians to participate in a survey in an effort to gain feedback from both the public and law enforcement officers...

Phillip A. Bounds passed away Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020 at the Poplar Bluff Medical Center from complications of COVID-19. Phil was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Samuel L. Bounds and Mabel Ballard Bounds (both deceased). He is survived by his wife Diana (Di) Bounds of Poplar Bluff and one sister Sandy Jones of Ohio. ...

Retired barber Don Orton, 82, reminisced about dollar haircuts and downtown Poplar Bluff in the 1960s during a visit to Bluff Barber Shop on Wednesday to help his son, Mark, cut hair during the shop’s 56th anniversary. Orton didn’t plan to be a barber, but, he said, “I had fun doing it, and I made money. If it hadn’t been an easy job, I couldn’t have lasted this long.”...

The jolly man in the red suit is asking for help to plan the 17th annual Santa Land this year. He’s enlisted the help of Lanny Corcimiglia, Greg Riggs and Chris Waite from the Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation Department. Anyone interested in helping or participating is asked to attend a planning meeting at 2 p.m. Monday at the Black River Coliseum...

Per tradition, local veterans organizations will be outside the Black River Coliseum on Wednesday morning to recognize Veterans Day.

WAPPAPELLO — Campers and other visitors to Wappapello Lake will see big improvements to some of the lake’s facilities when they visit next spring. Five new restroom and shower houses will replace older ones in some of the most popular recreation areas, said Park Ranger Rosie Lemons...