Stories from Monday, April 19, 2021

The Poplar Bluff R-I School Board has approved a $1,250 increase to the base salary for fiscal year 2022. This increase includes the addition of a step on the certified salary schedule, plus a comparable amount added to the classified salary schedule...

William Daryl Fraley, age 71, of Dudley, Missouri, died Friday, April 16, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Fraley was born August 9, 1949 in Morehead, Kentucky, son of the late Arthur and Anna Fraley. He enjoyed fishing and hunting and talking on CB radio and building and operating remote control airplanes and boats...

Cheryl McAllister of Lowndes, Missouri, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and loyal friend to many, passed away on April 17, 2021 at the age of 67, after a courageous battle with cancer. Cheryl was a simple, yet remarkable soul, full of empathy, spirit, loyalty and everlasting love and she left a profound impact on all who knew her...

Larry Wayne Clyburn, Jr. son of Larry Clyburn, Sr. and Betty ‘Jean’ (Brown) Clyburn was born April 20, 1976 in Twentynine Palms, California and departed this life on April 16, 2021 in Ellsinore, Missouri. He had attained the age of forty-four years, eleven months and twenty-six days...

Ruth E. Dockery, age 76, of Bladenboro, North Carolina, died Thursday, April 15, 2021, at her residence. Ms. Dockery was born February 26, 1945, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, daughter of the late Elmer Chadd and Elsie Ann Armes. She is survived by two sons, Robert (Laura) Dockery of Broseley and Ron (Mona) Dockery of Kevil, Kentucky; one daughter, Rhonda Griffin of White Lake, North Carolina; seven grandchildren, Robert Dockery Jr, Melissa Stephenson, Sarah, Amy and David Dockery, Cody Canter and Alyssa Griffin and four great-grandchildren.. ...

Part 2 of Carter County couple’s road to redemption

Council member at-large Steve Davis will serve as mayor and Ward 4 representative Shane Cornman as mayor pro tem for the next year, according to unanimous votes Monday of the Poplar Bluff City Council. Davis has served as mayor pro tem for three years, while Cornman was re-elected to his Ward 4 seat for a second term in the April 6 election...

Gregg Mayberry with 4.M Farms was again recognized for hard-earned yields as part of BASF’s Stoneville® Legacy Club™. For the fifth year, the Legacy Club celebrated cotton growers like Mayberry who, despite unprecedented times, proved their ability to grow high-quality, high-yielding Stoneville cotton...

Yashica Smith of Sisterz Beauty Supply recently celebrated a ribbon cutting for the new business, which is located at 1613 S Broadway St., Ste 2.

John J. Pershing VA Medical Center has presented its first “BEE Award” to health aide Trameka Matthews. The BEE Award stands for “Being Exceptional Every (Day)” and originated in 2019 at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System where it was designed to be the DAISY Award counterpart for nursing assistants and health technicians. The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center expanded the award to include health aides, medical instrument technicians and telehealth clinical technicians...

Autumn Brooke Villarreal, 28, of DeSoto was arrested at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17, on suspicion of stealing and burglary second degree at Walmart, 333 S. Westwood Blvd. She was booked into the Butler County jail. _ Zachary Tyler Patterson, 27, of 1400 block of north Main street was arrested about 10 p.m. Sunday, April 18, on suspicion of third degree domestic assault. He was booked into the Butler County jail...