Stories from Thursday, June 10, 2021

The 2021 Shipyard Music Festival will feature nearly 18 acts, and tickets for the two-day event in Cape Girardeau go on sale today. The full lineup for the Sept. 17 and 18 festival, sponsored by rustmedia, will be available at 8 a.m. today at www.shipyardfest.com. The Wild Feathers, Son Volt, Southern Avenue, Betcha, Morgan Wade and 13 other national and local acts are scheduled to perform on two outdoor stages...

Terry Lee Levart of Poplar Bluff was called home June 9, 2021. Mrs. Levart, the daughter of Oran Lemons and Betty Talley (August), was born in Parma, Missouri July 21, 1949. Mrs. Levart was a member of the Palace Of Praise Church in Poplar Bluff. She was preceded in death by both parents and one brother. Johnny Lemons...

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. — Puxico native Cory King and his wife, Karen, have been brewing craft beer for eight years now at Side Project Brewing in St. Louis County. But the beers they brew aren’t your typical beers. The Kings age their beers in oak barrels, giving them a distinct taste. All of their beers are rated at least 3.95 stars out of five on Untappd, with the average rating being 4.43. Most of Side Project’s beers are bottled in wine bottles, just like a fine wine...

Power was knocked out to more than 3,440 Municipal Utilities customers in Poplar Bluff Thursday evening as a strong pop-up storm hit the area. The storm moved across Poplar Bluff beginning just before 5 p.m., and shortly after, lightning struck components of the utility’s infrastructure in the eastern half of the city...

A surprise thunderstorm that knocked out electricity and delayed the ribbon cutting for 45 minutes on Haven House’s new outreach center was not the only surprise that Mary Ann Allen got Thursday evening. Shortly before the ribbon cutting, Allen — who is Haven House’s long-time executive director — was informed the outreach center has been named after her, in honor of her 34 years of service with the organization...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT City firefighters responded at 7:18 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, to a report of an unauthorized burn at 1910 Woodrow. According to the report, when firefighters arrived, they found an unauthorized burn at the location and extinguished it using 20 gallons of water. Firefighters informed a person at the location about the city’s fire ordinance...