Stories from Friday, May 28, 2021

Downtown Poplar Bluff, Inc. will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the City Council Chambers at the Black River Coliseum, 301 S. Fifth Street. The group will approve the agenda for the meeting and minutes of the May 4 meeting. Citizens will have an opportunity to offer input...

Bennie Carl Urich, 86, of Naylor, Missouri, passed away May 27, 2021 at his residence. He was born October 29, 1934 in Butler County. Visitation for Mr. Urich will be,Tuesday, June 1 starting at noon with the funeral following at 1 p.m., all in the Fowler and Sons Funeral Home at Neelyville, Missouri. Burial will be in the Amity Cemetery at Doniphan, Missouri...

The weather was quite lovely when Three Rivers College athletes arrived in Arizona. It was Saturday evening, the sun had already set and temperatures were in the 80s. With the dry, desert heat, coupled with the mountains scraping the horizon in every direction, the Raiders thought Yuma was beautiful as Zoe Bisby won the home run derby Sunday evening...

In a step back to normal, the Poplar Bluff Veterans Council will host its annual Memorial Day ceremony again this year. The group did not host it last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the limited ability to socially distance during the event. It will be held at 11 a.m., at the Veterans Memorial Wall, outside the Black River Coliseum...

Dr. Claudia Preuschoff, a pediatrician at Poplar Bluff Pediatrics, believes the free COVID-19 vaccines for Missourians 12 and older will get youth back to a normal life. “I’m very much excited to see the vaccine is approved for kids 12 and older,” Preuschoff said. “I think it’s going to really open up the ability for kids to get back to a normal life and also protect their grandparents and other folks around them.”...

Raymon B. Patton, 86,passed away on May 14, 2021 at Missouri Veterans home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Aug 12,1934 in Puxico, Missouri. He was preceded in death by parents, J.H. Patton and Virgie (Green ) Patton; brothers, J.M. and Vernon Patton; wife, Betty Patton...

The students of piano teacher Debbie Winters recently held their spring recital. Pictured are, from left: front row, Xavier Kaup, Owen Allbritton, Lorelei Barnum; middle row, Kate Harris, Morgan Gross, Lillie Allbritton, Hattie Scobey, Lola Lane; and back row, Michael Tiffany, Isaac Reid, Sebastien Kaup, Emma Harris, Hannah Winters, Bethany Winters and Carter Scobey...