Stories from Friday, February 11, 2022

Robert D. Corbin, 75, of Portland, Oregon. went to be with the Lord, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Robert was born on Jan. 7, 1947, in San Francisco, California. Robert lived in Poplar Bluff for 17 years, where he taught at Three Rivers College. He farmed near Cane Creek. He enjoyed sailing, construction and weightlifting...

DEXTER, Mo. — Vera Staggs, daughter of the late James Andrew Jackson Jarrell and Clara Frances Kleffer, was born July 13, 1927, in Rural Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life Feb. 10, 2022, at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 94 years...

DEXTER, Mo. — Phillip Lloyd Short, son of the late Odes Short and Mildred Luermann Short, was born April 23, 1932, in Success, Arkansas, and departed this life Feb. 11, 2022, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, Arkansas, at the age of 89 years...

Karen Sue McGinnis was born April 1, 1967 and passed away at her home Feb. 6, 2022. Karen loved to talk and to laugh. She loved to feed people that she loved —that was one of her love languages. She loved cooking, baking, plants, animals and playing video games. ...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School District’s Technical Career Center celebrated its 55th anniversary with an open house Friday in honor of the achievement. “Since 1967, we’ve had programs in the Poplar Bluff area,” said TCC Director Charles Kinsey as he showed those in attendance around the three-building campus...

PIEDMONT, Mo. — Doyle Middleton, 82, of Piedmont died Friday, Feb. 11, at Clark’s Mountain Nursing Center, Piedmont. Visitation is at 1 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 13, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service will follow at 3 p.m., also in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial will be in Mt. View Cemetery, Des Arc...

Boys & Girls Club of the Heartland and Three Rivers College reported significant growth and a bright future for the College Kids program. Opened in 2018, the program brings high school students to the main TRC campus to get a taste of college classes, teach them life strategies and prepare them for their next steps in education...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT Firefighters responded at 1:45 a.m. Friday, Feb. 11, to a reported structure fire at 1319 Maud St. Unit C. It was investigation only. _ Firefighters responded at 4:08 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, to a report of smoke in the area at 208 S. Westwood Blvd. It was investigation only...