Stories from Thursday, November 19, 2020

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 25-year-old Harviell woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, on Highway PP, one-half mile west of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, Judith E. Tompkins, 67, of Patterson was operating a 2015 Buick Verano southbound when she failed to yield, and her vehicle struck a westbound 2008 Jeep Patriot in the passenger side...

Becky Lynn Hager, 63, of Van Buren, Missouri, passed away on Nov. 18, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Becky was born on Oct. 21, 1957, to the late Cletis and Betty (Riemenschneider) Hawkins in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She married Steve Hager on June 24, 1976. He survives...

County firefighters responded at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, to a trash fire at 1365 Highway 53. According to the report, firefighters found trash and furniture being burned and put out the fire. Firefighters also told the owner about Missouri Department of Natural Resources burning regulations...

Ronda Venable 65, of Poplar Bluff died Monday Nov. 16, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The family is planning a memorial service at a later date. Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff is in charge of the arrangements.

GREENVILLE — The charges against a Poplar Bluff man accused of the October shooting death of his girlfriend have been upgraded to first-degree murder. Bobbie Leroy Aden, aka Bobbie Adam, of the 300 block of Helen Avenue, originally was charged with the Class A felony of second-degree murder and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action (ACA)...

Oct. 3, 1960 - Nov. 5, 2020 Randolph Eric Clyburn was born a poster child Oct. 3, 1960 in St. Louis, Mo. His handicaps were due to a drug called thalidomide. This was given to his mother for morning sickness. His parents, Tex Rickard and Bonnie Clyburn preceded him in death, along with his brother, Glen Rickard (Buddy)...

Three Rivers College received a positive audit Wednesday afternoon during the Board of Trustees meeting.

The Butler County Sheriff’s Department has accepted an $8,000 bid to replace its aging security camera system.

As the number of students out of school for COVID-related issues dropped in the upper levels of the Poplar Bluff R-I School District, there’s been a spike at the lower levels.