Stories from Thursday, January 21, 2021

Gunner D. Gil, 33, of the 2000 block of Kentucky was arrested at 11:12 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, on a charge of disturbing the peace. He was booked and released at the Poplar Bluff Police station on a summons. George Dennis Allensworth, 32, of Doniphan was booked at the Butler County jail Wednesday, Jan. 20, on suspicion of non-support arrears...

COVID-19 is motivating people to expand learning in a virtual world. Two groups using online tools to provide education about Alzheimer’s are the Alzheimer’s Association and Butler County University of Missouri Extension. The Alzheimer’s Association is working remotely to serve 86 of Missouri’s counties, which includes Butler County. ...

Members of the Missouri Army National Guard spent much of Thursday setting up a mass vaccination clinic at Hydro Adventures in Poplar Bluff. The clinic is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, for the 1,950 people who pre-registered for the event. Participants can come to the site at any time before 4 p.m. to receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The second will be administered in the same location Feb. 12...

Dean Edward Crudgington, son of the late George ‘Eddie’ Crudgington and Lora Lee (Armes) Crudgington born on August 25, 1955 in Poplar Bluff and departed this life on January 20, 2021 in Fenton, Mo. He had attained the age of sixty-five years, four months and twenty-six days...

Darrell Atchison, a resident of Williamsville, has been very busy during his first days as Missouri’s 153rd District representative. “I’m not overwhelmed, but there’s a lot going on,” said Atchison after his first week on the job. “I’m learning to multitask better.”...

Courts in Stoddard and Dunklin counties were able this week to move into phase two of their COVID-19 recovery plan for the first time. Phase two allows more people in the courtroom at one time, said Presiding Circuit Judge Robert Mayer, who issued an administrative order Jan. 19 for the 35th Judicial Circuit...

The staff and students of the Poplar Bluff R-I school district will have extra days off around Easter for the 2021-22 school year.

Kenneth ‘Dwayne’ Wallace, son of the late Perry Wallace and Vina (Bowers) Wallace was born October 22, 1942 in Mill Spring, Mo. and departed this life on January 19, 2021 in St. Louis. He had attained the age of seventy-eight years two months and twenty-eight days...

Courts in Stoddard and Dunklin counties were able this week to move into phase two of their COVID-19 recovery plan for the first time. Phase two allows more people in the courtroom at one time, said Presiding Circuit Judge Robert Mayer, who issued an administrative order Jan. 19 for the 35th Judicial Circuit...