Stories from Wednesday, July 20, 2022

The Missouri Skeeters of Harviell won the 11U USSSA World Series recently in Liberty, Missouri, finishing 6-1 in the four-day tournament. The team ranks second in the 11-under A state rankings and 29th in the nation. Mayson McCraig won the tournament’s home run derby...

The 12th annual Super Kids Camp is in full swing at the Historic Wheatley Elementary School in Poplar Bluff. According to organizer, Kathern Harris this year’s turnout for the camp was great. “We’ve got 37 enrolled, which was really close to our target of 40. We’ve got a lot of young children this year, 12 are in the kindergarten class,” she said...

Three people were seriously injured in an accident Tuesday night when a motorcycle struck a pedestrian on Highway M west of Poplar Bluff. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Randy M. Smith, 46, of Poplar Bluff was operating a 1997 Honda motorcycle eastbound on Highway M at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday when he struck Jesse R. Roller, 28, of Poplar Bluff in the road...

Mary Ellen (Barker) Tibbs, 95, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Mary Ellen was born on June 2, 1927, to the late Arley Dee Barker and Artie May (Brayton) Barker in rural Butler County. She married John Earl Tibbs on Jan. 28, 1946. They were happily married for over 76 years...

Joyce Marie Dunscomb (Scott), 79, of Omaha, Arkansas, went to her eternal home on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, with her husband by her side. Joyce was born Dec. 14, 1942, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Durward “D.B” and Hazel Scott. She lived in Qulin, Missouri until 1962 when she married the love of her life, Kenley Dunscomb. ...

Deborah ‘Debbie’ K. McKnight, 62, of Ellsinore, Missouri, died Friday, July 15, 2022 at her residence.

A prominent area radio station is setting up at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum from 12:30-3 p.m. Saturday, July 23, to record stories from everyday Missourians. KBIA, a branch of NPR based out of Columbia, will set up their mobile recording booths in the museum. Patrons and visitors are invited to stop and join “Missouri on Mic,” an oral history and journalism project honoring the 200th anniversary of Missouri’s statehood. The project is spearheaded by KBIA staff and students...

Multiple properties were damaged in a fire that spread throughout Ripley and Oregon Counties last week. On July 14, 26 spot fires reportedly caused by three flat tires on an 18-wheeler “throwing sparks” spread from Highway 142 to 21 South. At this time there have not been any charges or citations issued to the driver...