Stories from Wednesday, June 22, 2022

First State Bank Mortgage is pleased to announce the addition of Baxter Hoover to its mortgage lending team. Hoover brings over 34 years of lending experience to his role as senior loan officer, where he will guide clients through the mortgage lending process helping them find the best loan program to meet their financial needs and homeownership dreams...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Saint Francis Healthcare System’s Heart Valve Center achieved a milestone this month, performing its 300th transcatheter aortic valve replacement since the program began September 2014. TAVR is a safer alternative to open-heart surgery, offering patients with severe aortic stenosis a minimally invasive surgical option, according to a press release from the facility. Patients benefit from quicker recovery times and significantly less pain and discomfort, they report...

David Conner, 71, of Piedmont, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation is at 1 p.m., Thursday, June 23, 2022, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service will follow at 2 p.m., also in the Piedmont Chapel...

Betty Absheer was an amazing woman. She loved her Lord, her family and friends, her community and Altrusa. These were a few of the comments shared Wednesday by her friends, family and co-workers when the Twin Towers’ Altrusa Room was renamed for the first female mayor of Poplar Bluff and 85-year-old community leader who died Oct. 30, 2021...

— Matt Stell at The Camp, 5 p.m.-12 a.m. June 24. WHERE The Camp at Lake Wappapello. COST Tickets are $20-$500 on Eventbrite. WHAT Matt Stell returns to The Camp with Stateline 5 and Trevor Johnson. — Sketchy Summer 2022 Tour, 7 p.m. June 24. WHERE Forum Fifty-Fifty. COST Tickets are $10 at the door. WHAT Concert for all ages featuring Unwell and Sink In with Flight Jacket and Uncanny Valley. — Rodgers Theatre Entertainment presents Gene Watson, 7:30-10 p.m. June 25. WHERE The Rodgers Theatre. COST Tickets start at $20. WHAT Gene Watson is back and is sure to pack the house again.

Robert Hudson would often stop on backroad trips with his son when they spotted interesting rocks. It wasn’t because the longtime Butler County Health Department administrator had an interest in geology. It was to support Garret, and the field where the 22-year-old plans to make his career...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Alexander Henson, 33, of Poplar Bluff, was arrested at 1:53 a.m. Monday, June 20, at South Broadway at Vincent Street. Henson was booked on Butler County failure to appear warrants for assault and dangerous drugs; Wayne County failure to appear warrants for possession of drug paraphernalia and probation violation; and a Probation and Parole warrant for probation violation. Henson was lodged in the Butler County jail...

Chief Institutional Effectiveness Officer Dr. Maribeth Payne proudly announced Three Rivers College passed its civil rights audit with flying colors. The examination was a mandatory requirement for receiving government funding. It specifically looked into compliance with the Title VI Civil Rights Act; Title IX Education Amendments of 1972 section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act; Vocational Education Programs — Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination; and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.. ...