Stories from Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Dr. Michael Price is the newest member of the Poplar Bluff Schools board. He was selected from eight candidates during a special public meeting Monday night. He fills the vacancy left by Alana Robertson. Price is a retired dentist who previously served two terms on the Poplar Bluff Schools board and spent approximately 12 years on the school foundation. ...

High school teacher Andrea Cox has had a busy summer. Technically, she is always busy. Cox is an educator of 13 years and currently teaches all senior high food classes at Poplar Bluff High School. She and her husband are involved in multiple charitable and community organizations in Butler and Carter counties. She also volunteers at PBHS by organizing the annual Block Party and co-sponsoring Future Teachers of America...

Jack Sullivan, 76, of Greenville, died Monday, Aug. 29, at St. Peters Manor. Visitation is at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville Chapel. Funeral service is at 1 p.m., also in Greenville Chapel. Burial in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Silva, Missouri...

Amos Ray Moncier, 72, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Amos was born Jan. 28, 1950, to Amos Eugene and Audrey (Williamson) Moncier in Paragould, Arkansas. He married Vickie Moore Dec. 12, 2015, in Poplar Bluff...

Harriet “Dorothy” Milner of Poplar Bluff, passed peacefully with family by her side Saturday, July 30, 2022, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Two months shy of her 101st birthday, she was born Oct. 1, 1921, the eldest of three children to Walter and Mary (White) Malcolm in Liverpool, England. Dorothy was baptized, confirmed, and retained her affiliation with St. Michael’s Catholic Church...

“We feel like you shouldn’t have to wait three or four months to get your RV worked on, which is pretty much standing order anywhere and we can do it in a week, sometimes the same day,” said Scott Preslar, owner of Poplar Bluff RV, located at 3389 S. Westwood Blvd. in Poplar Bluff...

Three local law enforcement agencies benefited from a recent series of grants from the Southeast Coalition for Roadway Safety. The coalition serves a 25-county area in Southeast Missouri and awarded more than $55,000 to support agencies throughout its service area...

Poplar Bluff is invited to send off the 2022 Veterans Honor Tour at 7 a.m. Friday, Sep. 2, from First Baptist Church on North Westwood Boulevard. The 30 veterans on this year’s trip will also be escorted by local police, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, the Missouri National Guard and the Highway Patrol...

Stoddard County Emergency Management Director Andrew Bohnert told the Stoddard County Commission that the sudden storm on Friday resulted in damage to FM Bank, First Baptist Church, Heartland Furniture Busy B Lumber. Additionally more than 3,500 customers in the Dexter area lost power according to the Ameren Missouri website...