Stories from Friday, July 30, 2021

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT On Wednesday, July 28, a person reported the theft of a cellphone and debit card from inside a business in the 1300 block of North Westwood Boulevard. The investigation determined a white male picked up the phone and debit card, left the store, and used the card at a car wash and another store. Surveillance video footage provided images of the white male suspect and his vehicle...

Angela Kay Barnett was born on September 7, 1970 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and left her earthly body on July 28, 2021 for her heavenly journey. She had attained the age of fifty years, ten months and twenty-one days. Angela was the daughter of Sue (Koerner) Leach and the late Gary Leach. ...

William ‘Bill’ Young Howell Jr, age 82, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Howell was born May 25, 1939, in St. Louis, Missouri, son of the late Dr. William Young Howell Sr and Martha Mae ‘Peg’ Howell...

Mary Doris Whittle, 98, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at Cedargate Healthcare. Mary was born May 3, 1923, to William George and Vernice (Evans) Burris in Charleston, Missouri. She and Harlon Hardin Whittle were married November 15, 1941, in Corning, Arkansas. He preceded her in death December 24, 2008...

David Neal Logsdon Jr., age 53, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Mr. Logsdon was born May 28, 1968, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and cooking. David also loved spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren...

There were two calls on Ralph Stucker’s first shift with the Poplar Bluff Fire Department, an electrical short overnight at a home and a call to Briggs & Stratton during the day. That second call, the failure of a suppression system around a propane tank, caused the guys some anxiety, Stucker recalled of that day in March 1995...

State and local officials, friends and family turned out Friday to honor retiring Poplar Bluff Fire Department Chief Ralph Stucker. Stucker was recognized during an event at the Black River Coliseum. His last day as chief is Saturday, July 31. Battalion chief Mike Moffitt takes over Sunday as the new chief...