Stories from Tuesday, July 13, 2021

A Memphis, Tennessee, man died Monday after he drowned while trying to cross the Current River in Carter County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Edgar O. Racanec Sacach, 38, attempted to cross the river while swimming around 4 p.m. at the Shote Hole when he went under the water and did not resurface...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 19-year-old man suffered minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident at 3:05 p.m. Friday, July 9, on Highway T, one half-mile south of Butler County Road 569. According to the report, Hunter N. Watkins, 19, or Piedmont was southbound on Highway T in a 2016 Dodge Ram when it ran off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree...

City firefighters responded to 2781 N. Westwood Blvd. to a call concerning a bomb threat at 5:39 a.m. Tuesday, July 13. Firefighters stood by until given the all clear by city police. _ City firefighters responded to an alarm about a smoke odor at 5:01 p.m. Monday, July 12, at 445 N. Second St. They detected the odor of hydraulic fluid in an elevator and learned the elevators had been serviced recently...

Sylvia Ann Mayberry, of Perryville, entered into eternal rest on July 11, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 83. She was born on August 24, 1937, in Sedgewickville, Missouri to the late Harry and Audell (Bloom) Richey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Vearl Mayberry and her sisters, Mary Lou Smith, Wanda Pirtle, Janice Russell and Alma Griffith...

Melvin Alonzo Overton, Jr., 44, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, June 28, 2021. He was born June 9, 1977 in Stuttgart, Germany, to Maggie (Casteel) Smith and the late Melvin Alonzo Overton, Sr. He was a longtime resident of Poplar Bluff. He had worked in food service. He enjoyed his Harleys and riding with his motorcycle club buddies, playing an intense game of Magic the Gathering and video games...

Travis Lee McCoin, 38, passed away Wednesday July 7, 2021. Travis was born April 12, 1983, to Daniel McCoin and Patricia Burkett Worley in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.   Travis was of the Baptist faith.  He was a member of Calvary Community Church.  He enjoyed the outdoors and fishing. ...

An approaching storm didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the 75 people attending the educational “Live Animal Program” Saturday planned by the Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation Department. It was the first of three programs planned for July, with two more free events scheduled for July 24...

A bill targeting copper theft sponsored by an area senator and representative was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Mike Parson. The goal of the bill is to make it more difficult for stolen copper to be sold by thieves, and also crack down on those who steal precious metals and catalytic converters, according to House sponsor Rep. Hardy Billington (R-Poplar Bluff). The bill was sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Jason Bean (R-Holcomb)...