Stories from Wednesday, September 14, 2022

When Shipyard Music Festival returns Sept. 23 and 24, it will feature music to suit all tastes. The two-day festival will again be held on the grounds of Century Casino Cape Girardeau. ...

“I think all people are worth saving and this is an opportunity to save someone’s life,” said Chad Coursey, vice president of operations for the Behavioral Health Group. “Our mission at BHG is to give people their lives back, to give somebody their son back, their dad back, their mom back, we help people recover and we help them reintegrate into society and become productive members of their community,” said Coursey. ...

The 57th annual Truman Day Rally will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Holiday Inn in Poplar Bluff. Organizers said it is an event to honor Harry S. Truman, who was Missouri’s only president, and to meet candidates running for office in 2022. Speakers will be Dr. Alan K. Green, Randi McCallian and Trudy Busch Valentine...

There’s something for everyone this weekend in the region, from Old Greenville Days in Wayne County, the Walk to End Alzheimer’s and SEMOcon in Poplar Bluff and Recharge & Rise Up in Reynolds County, residents will find a variety in this week’s MAIN EVENT...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Officers responded at 6:36 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, to a domestic assault in the 600 block of Selma Street. No injuries were reported and neither party wanted to press charges, according to the report. _ Douglas Matthews reported at 9:04 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, an acquaintance borrowed his car on Sept. 7 and refused to return it. The vehicle was recovered and returned to Matthews, according to the report...

In a dimmed school library, watching a screen full of stars, students raised multiple questions about humanity’s latest satellite. Why is it called the “James Webb Space Telescope”? What are its sunshades made of? Does it ever stop taking pictures? Isaac Laseter answered: JWST was named after NASA’s director during the Apollo missions; its sunshades are made of fabric with a metallic coating; it will snap dazzling photos until it runs out of fuel in 10 years, and slowly falls out of orbit...

The Missouri Department of Conservation wants deer hunters to know some key information for harvesting whitetails in Missouri this season. Deer hunting opens Thursday with the archery season, which runs through Nov. 11 and then again from Nov. 23 through Jan. 15, 2023. The two firearms youth portions occur on Oct. 29-30 and Nov. 25-27. The firearms November portion runs Nov. 12-22. The antlerless portion runs Dec. 3-11. The alternative-methods portion runs Dec. 24 through Jan. 3, 2023...

The Missouri Department of Conservation is asking Missouri turkey hunters to save and submit feathers from birds they harvest this fall for a research project that will improve the ability to estimate turkey abundance across Missouri. Hunters who successfully harvest a turkey during either the Archery Deer and Turkey Season or Fall Firearms Turkey Season can voluntarily submit feathers from their turkey at no cost...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Officers responded at 6:36 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, to a domestic assault in the 600 block of Selma Street. No injuries were reported and neither party wanted to press charges, according to the report. _ Douglas Matthews reported at 9:04 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, an acquaintance borrowed his car on Sept. 7 and refused to return it. The vehicle was recovered and returned to Matthews, according to the report...