Stories from Friday, May 13, 2022

FREE ACCESS The Poplar Bluff Police Department has received reports scammers are calling residents posing as the police department. These suspects are sophisticated, and caller ID shows the calls are coming from a local Police Department with accurate call-back numbers, said Captain David Sutton of the Poplar Bluff Police Department...

MALDEN — A 58-year-old woman was killed and three others were injured, one seriously, in a car-motorcycle collision at 8:40 p.m. Thursday on Highway 25, one-half mile south of Malden. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jaymara L. Madrigal-Gutierrez, 18, of Holcomb was operating a 2012 Dodge Avenger southbound when it struck the rear of a southbound 2017 Harley-Davidson motorcycle operated by Dale D. ...

FISK, Mo. — Eurma Lou Morgan, 87, of Fisk, Missouri, died Monday, May 9, 2022 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Mrs. Morgan was born Feb. 18, 1935 in Butler County, Missouri, to the late Chester and Birdia Mattingly. On April 9, 1952, she married Truman Lee Morgan. They shared 69 years together before he preceded her in death Nov. 24, 2021...

Debra Collins, 60, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, long time resident of Butler County, and homemaker, died Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born April 13, 1962 in St Louis, Missouri, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Johnson and the late Mattie Bell McMeans...

“You know, our goal at first for Confederate Railroad was to go gold, which would have been half a million albums and we’re well up to two million now,” said Danny Shirley frontman for the iconic band. Confederate Railroad has been serving up outlaw country to its fans for more than 35 years and shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon. Shirley stated, “fortunately we keep getting offers and when you’ve been doing it for this long, well it is hard to say no.”...

Deborah Charline Hicks, 72, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away May 11, 2022, at her home in Poplar Bluff. Deborah was born Aug. 9, 1949, to the late Charlie and Ona (Spangler) Whittenburg in Poplar Bluff. She married Donald Gene Hicks on April 5, 1965...

James K. Johnson passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on May 7, 2022 after a long illness. A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Adams Funeral Chapel in Charleston, Illinois. A memorial visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time. Memorials in his honor may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital or Donors Choice and left at the visitation/service or mailed to Adams Funeral Chapel, 2330 Shawnee Drive, Charleston, IL 61920...

FISK, Mo. — Gerald Jordon, 89, of Bernie, Missouri, died Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at his residence in Bernie. Mr. Jordon was born March 20, 1933 in Oglesville, Missouri, to the late Andrew David and Edna Jordon. He was an avid outdoorsman. He loved to fish and hunt. . On Feb. 2, 1952 he married Linda Kirk in Piggott, Arkansas. She preceded him in death Oct. 17, 2011...

FISK, Mo. — David Roy “Pup” Mondy, 45, of Broseley, Missouri, died Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Mr. Mondy was born March 10, 1977, in Poplar Bluff, to David and Brenda Mondy. He was co-owner of Mondy Trucking with his dad since 1996. He also enjoyed working on and driving old cars. Most of all he loved spending time with his boys...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Mary Geneva Crossen, 93, of Neelyville, Missouri, passed away, May 13, 2022, at The Manor at Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was born, July 3, 1928, at Neelyville, Missouri, to the late Norman L. Grimes and Sarah Hancock Grimes. She was married Feb. 12, 1949, to Doyle Crossen at Pocahontas, Arkansas. He preceded her in death Aug. 29, 1991...

A 45-year-old Poplar Bluff woman is behind bars facing alleged forgery charges. A Butler County Deputy arrested Elizabeth Hart of the 1700 block of Spring Street Thursday, May 12, while she was attempting to cash a fraudulent check at a Munch N Pump Convenience store on Highway 160 near 67 Highway...

The Come HOME Tour Caravan is back for 2022 and will be at the Libla Center on the Three Rivers College Campus from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday. Mizzou Athletics are hitting the road this spring with the MU administration, coaches and players to unify Tigers from around Missouri and beyond...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT The Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation Department reported vandalism to ‘NO TRESPASSING BETWEEN 10 PM and 6 AM’ signs posted on the property at Ferguson Grove Park. The signs will be replaced, and the Poplar Bluff Police Department will begin aggressive enforcement of violation of the park’s hours effective immediately...

There is help. There is hope. That’s the message area providers want to resonate this May with the community as Mental Health Awareness Month comes at a time when the region has seen multiple tragic losses in recent weeks. “How do we come together as a community, that’s what this is about,” said Christina Cunningham, director of the Behavioral Health Crisis Center at FCC Behavioral Health...